Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
BILL SHANKLYI would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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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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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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.
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Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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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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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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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 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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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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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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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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