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> [The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/the-problem-with-you-son-is-that-all-your-brains-are-in-your-head-to/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

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## More by Bill Shankly

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/if-he-isn-t-named-footballer-of-the-year-football-should-be-stopped/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/we-absolutely-annihilated-england-it-was-a-massacre-we-beat-them-5-4/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/the-problem-with-you-son-is-that-all-your-brains-are-in-your-head-to/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/if-you-get-to-the-edge-of-the-penalty-area-with-the-ball-and-don-t/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [I was in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/i-was-in-the-game-for-the-love-of-football-and-i-wanted-to-bring-back/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/what-a-great-day-for-football-all-we-need-is-some-green-grass-and-a/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/it-s-a-90-minute-game-for-sure-in-fact-i-used-to-train-for-a-190/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age, even if he had been wearing an overcoat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/tom-finney-would-have-been-great-in-any-team-in-any-match-and-in-any/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/football-is-a-simple-game-made-complicated-by-people-who-should-know/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/above-all-i-would-like-to-be-remembered-as-a-man-who-was-selfless-who/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [“The socialism I believe in is everyone working for each other, everyone having a share of the rewards. It's the way I see football,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/the-socialism-i-believe-in-is-everyone-working-for-each-other/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [I never drop a player I only make changes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/i-never-drop-a-player-i-only-make-changes/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [“Some people believe football (soccer) is a matter of life and death. I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/some-people-believe-football-soccer-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death-i-m/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/in-my-time-at-anfield-we-always-said-we-had-the-best-two-teams-on/)

[Bill Shankly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shankly/)

> [If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/if-you-are-first-you-are-first-if-you-are-second-you-are-nothing/)

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