Bill Shankly Quotes About Football
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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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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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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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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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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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Laddie, that man scored 200 goals in 270 matches - an incredible record - and he has won cup after cup as a manager. When he talks, pin back your ears.
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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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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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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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The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
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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, everyone helping each other, and everyone having a share of the rewards at the end of the day. That might be asking a lot, but it's the way I see football and the way I see life.
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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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Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool.
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The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, that’s how I see life.
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In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.
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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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Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor.
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Of course I didn't take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
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If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options afterwards.
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