Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
BILL SHANKLYMy idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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I was in the game for the love of football – and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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Of course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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