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title: "21 Liverpool Quotes By Bill Shankly"
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> [Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/yes-roger-hunt-misses-a-few-but-he-gets-in-the-right-place-to-miss/)

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

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> [If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/if-a-player-is-not-interfering-with-play-or-seeking-to-gain-an/)

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

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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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> [I want to build a team that's invincible, so that they have to send a team from bloody Mars to beat us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/i-want-to-build-a-team-that-s-invincible-so-that-they-have-to-send-a/)

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

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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…](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/)

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> [Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/liverpool-was-made-for-me-and-i-was-made-for-liverpool/)

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

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> [This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/this-city-has-two-great-teams-liverpool-and-liverpool-reserves/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/don-t-worry-alan-at-least-you-ll-be-able-to-play-close-to-a-great/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/for-a-player-to-be-good-enough-to-play-for-liverpool-he-must-be/)

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

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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'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/it-s-to-remind-our-lads-who-they-re-playing-for-and-to-remind-the/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/i-have-not-been-short-of-invitations-to-other-clubs-and-have-been/)

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

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/of-course-i-didn-t-take-my-wife-to-see-rochdale-as-an-anniversary/)

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

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> [I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/i-have-been-received-more-warmly-by-everton-than-i-have-by-liverpool/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/forget-the-beatles-and-all-the-rest-this-is-the-real-liverpool-sound/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/my-idea-was-to-build-liverpool-into-a-bastion-of-invincibility-had/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/fire-in-your-belly-comes-from-pride-and-passion-in-wearing-the-red/)

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

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> [One day in 1959, when Huddersfield were playing Cardiff City, Tom (T.V.) Williams, who was then chairman of Liverpool, and Harry Latham,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/one-day-in-1959-when-huddersfield-were-playing-cardiff-city-tom-t-v/)

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

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> [Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could…](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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/well-the-kop-s-exclusive-the-spion-kop-at-liverpool-is-an-institution/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shankly/at-a-football-club-there-s-a-holy-trinity-the-players-the-manager-and/)

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

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## Other authors on Liverpool

## 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/)

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

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