Bill Shankly Quotes - Page 3

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• I want to build a team that's invincible, so that they have to send a team from bloody Mars to beat us.

  Bill Shankly

  Team, Mars, Want

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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)

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Anfield, England

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• I've had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne. 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. 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.

  Bill Shankly

  Eye, Men, Games

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• I'm a people's man - only the people matter.

  Bill Shankly

  Men, People, Matter

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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.

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Jobs, Home

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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.

  Bill Shankly

  Loyal, Institutions, Bigs

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• It's a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Games, Facts

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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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  Son, Brain, England

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• We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.

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  Soccer, England, Beats

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• Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.

  Bill Shankly

  Proud, Scots, Liverpool Fc

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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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  England, British, Isle

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• Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age, even if he had been wearing an overcoat.

  Bill Shankly

  Team, Age, Overcoat

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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.

  Bill Shankly

  Determination, Character, White

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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.

  Bill Shankly

  Player, Men, Games

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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.

  Bill Shankly

  Clubs, Invitations, Has Beens

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• Don't worry, Alan. At least you'll be able to play close to a great team.
  (to Alan Ball, who'd just signed for Everton)

  Bill Shankly

  Team, Play, Worry

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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.

  Bill Shankly

  Men, Four, Overcoat

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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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  Football, Player, Men

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• Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Anfield, Grass

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• The best side drew
  (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)

  Bill Shankly

  Sides, England, Draws

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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.

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Games, People

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• Denis Law could dance on eggshells.

  Bill Shankly

  Law, Denial, Eggshells

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• With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal.
  (after signing Ron Yeats)

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  Play, Goal, Defense

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• What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts?
  (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)

  Bill Shankly

  Anfield, England, Eleven

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