I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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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First is first,Second is nothing
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I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
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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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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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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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He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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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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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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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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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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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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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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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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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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