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Bill Shankly Quotes: "In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves."

In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing."

If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.




Bill Shankly Quotes: "What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball."

What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "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."

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.




Bill Shankly Quotes: "The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!"

The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!



Bill Shankly Quotes: "Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that."

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game."

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.




Bill Shankly Quotes: "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."

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.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I'd draw the curtains."

If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I'd draw the curtains.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing."

A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor."

Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "If you can't support us when we lose or draw, don't support us when we win"

If you can't support us when we lose or draw, don't support us when we win




Bill Shankly Quotes: "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."

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.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "a lot of football success is in the mind. you must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are."

a lot of football success is in the mind. you must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "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."

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.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "When I've got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along."

When I've got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool."

Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be."

If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "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."

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.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "If you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don't know what to do next, just stick the ball in the net for now. We can evaluate the other options later."

If you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don't know what to do next, just stick the ball in the net for now. We can evaluate the other options later.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "I don't drop players. I make changes."

I don't drop players. I make changes.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today."

I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "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)"

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 Quotes: "I always look in the Sunday paper to see where Everton are in the league - starting, of course, from the bottom up."

I always look in the Sunday paper to see where Everton are in the league - starting, of course, from the bottom up.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "Me having no education. I had to use my brains."

Me having no education. I had to use my brains.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important."

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them."

Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "We are a team. We share the ball, we share the game, we share the worries."

We are a team. We share the ball, we share the game, we share the worries.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "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."

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.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser."

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



Bill Shankly Quotes: "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)"

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 Quotes: "Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength."

Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options afterwards."

If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options afterwards.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "I’m just one of the people who stands on the Kop. They think the same as I do, and I think the same as they do. It’s a kind of marriage of people who like each other."

I’m just one of the people who stands on the Kop. They think the same as I do, and I think the same as they do. It’s a kind of marriage of people who like each other.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "I never drop a player I only make changes."

I never drop a player I only make changes.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "I was in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool."

I was in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4."

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



Bill Shankly Quotes: "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)"

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)



Bill Shankly Quotes: "Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better."

Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)"

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



Bill Shankly Quotes: "I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat - there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin' in."

I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat - there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin' in.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)"

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



Bill Shankly Quotes: "Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass."

Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.



Bill Shankly Quotes: "Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)"

Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)



Bill Shankly Quotes: "Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age, even if he had been wearing an overcoat."

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

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 Quotes: "First is first,Second is nothing"

First is first,Second is nothing



Bill Shankly Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The very word 'Anfield' means more to me than I can describe."

The very word 'Anfield' means more to me than I can describe.