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’.
BILL SHANKLYThe 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,.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.
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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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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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My life is my work. My work is my life
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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 have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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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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The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
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