I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
BILL SHANKLYWhen I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
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It’s to remind our lads who they’re playing for, and to remind the opposition who they’re playing against. (on the ‘This Anfield’ plaque)
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace
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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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Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn’t look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he’d given everything he had for 90 minutes.
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The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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