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.
BILL SHANKLYThis city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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He wasn’t flashy and he wouldn’t score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest.
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We don’t need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool’s players keeps them motivated.
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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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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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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