Bill Shankly Quotes
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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. 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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I never drop a player I only make changes.
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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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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I'd draw the curtains.
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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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Tommy Smith wasn't born, he was quarried.
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Ian Callaghan is everything good that a man can be. No praise is too high for him. Words cannot do justice to the amount he has contributed to the game. Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game's truly great players.
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It's the greatest thing in the world, natural enthusiasm. You are nothing without it.
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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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Forget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It's real singing, and it's what the Kop is all about.
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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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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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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt. 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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Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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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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Train the right way. Help each other. It's a form of socialism without the politics.
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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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What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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Denis Law could dance on eggshells.
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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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We are a team. We share the ball, we share the game, we share the worries.
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I don't drop players. I make changes.
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I have not been short of invitations to other clubs and have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool.
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The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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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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Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.
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I have always had the deepest respect for Bill Nicholson as a person and as a manager. 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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