If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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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My life is my work. My work is my life
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At a football club, there’s a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don’t come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.
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For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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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 problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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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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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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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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I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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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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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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