Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
BILL SHANKLYThis city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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 are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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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’.
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When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
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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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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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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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If he isn’t named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)
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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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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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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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