If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
BILL SHANKLYTrain the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other,.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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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Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.
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It’s a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.
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I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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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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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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