Как относился Шенкли к футболу в общем, и к ливерпульским клубам в частности? Предлагаем вашему вниманию подборгу цитат Билла Шенкли.

«Брайан Клафф хуже, чем дождь в Манчестере. Тот по воле Господа хоть иногда прекращается!»

В парикмахерской. «Что-то снять сверху?» «Ага. Эвертон!»

«Сынок, ты добьёшься здесь успеха, если всегда будешь соблюдать следующие заповеди: не переедай и не старайся избавиться от акцента», - Билл Шенкли Иану Сент-Джону.

«Некоторые думают, что футбол это дело жизни и смерти, я совершенно разочарован их позицией. Готов уверить вас в том, что футбол намного, намного важнее».

«Если бы «Эвертон» играл под моими окнами, я бы задёрнул шторы».

«У арбитров есть одна проблема – они знают Правила Игры, но совершенно не понимают самой Игры».

«В Ливерпуле есть два суперклуба – «Ливерпуль» и дубль «Ливерпуля».

«Ливерпуль» создан для меня, а я – для «Ливерпуля».

«Разница между «Эвертоном» и лайнером «Queen Mary» в том, что «Эвертон» может взять больше пассажиров».

«Футбольный клуб представляет из себя святую троицу – игроков, тренеров и болельщиков. Совет директоров сюда не входит – они нужны, чтобы подписывать чеки» - Билл Шенкли про совет директоров.

«Снимай повязку! Что значит «твоё колено»? Это колено «Ливерпуля»!» - Билл Шенкли Томми Смиту, надевшему повязку на травмированное колено.

«Мао Цзедун никогда не видел более впечатляющего триумфа Красных».

«Мы разгромили их 0-0».

«Когда мне нечем заняться, я гляжу в нижнюю часть таблицы, чтобы узнать, где «Эвертон».

«Мне не нужно образование, достаточно моего ума».

В раздевалке Шенкли имел обыкновение толкать каждого игрока в грудь и спрашивать: «Ты победитель?» «Если ты - победитель, - говорил он, - то ты будешь выигрывать трофеи, у тебя будет прекрасный дом и классная машина. Если ты - не победитель, то я и знать тебя не хочу».

«Посмотрите на Креррарда, - говорил он. - Он ужасно переоцененный игрок. И вообще он дурно пах оба последних раза, когда я с ним сталкивался». «Взгляните на Нобби Стайлза. Без контактных линз, он слеп как крот, просто оглушайте его, когда столкнетесь с ним».

«Посмотрите на Уилла Фолкса, когда он разворачивается, такое ощущение, что его ноги в бетоне».

Мы выиграли у Манчестера 3:0. И когда вернулись в раздевалку, Билл сказал: «Только что вы победили одну из лучших команд в Европе. Замечательные ощущения, не правда ли?»

«Я хочу превратить «Ливерпуль» в бастион непобедимости, - говорил он тогда. - Это идея Наполеона, с которой он, черт возьми, покорил мир! Я хочу поднять клуб на такую высоту, чтобы любой соперник, столкнувшись с нами, с воплем: «О нет, только не «Ливерпуль»!» - бросал штандарты к нашим ногам».

«Если ты первый – ты первый. Если ты второй – ты никто».

На похоронах Дикси Дина.
«Конечно, это печальный повод, но думаю, Дикси был бы восхищен, узнав, что даже у своей могилы он собирает больше народа, чем «Эвертон» на стадионе».

Переводчику в толпе итальянских журналистов:
«Скажи им, что я абсолютно не согласен со всем, что они говорят».

Фанату Ливерпуля:
- Откуда ты, мальчик?
- Я болельщик «Ливерпуля» из Лондона!
- О!.. Сынок!… И как оно живется в аду?

В защиту футболиста:
«Да, Рон Йитс немного напортачил, но он правильно выбрал место, чтобы иметь такую возможность!»

По завершению карьеры фирма «Адидас» решила вручить Шенкли персональную «Золотую Бутсу» в знак признания его заслуг.
- Какой у Вас размер обуви, сэр? - спросили адидасовцы.
- Если она действительно золотая, то 60-й.

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Вот собрание классических и можно сказать всех фраз Ливерпуля.Сори есть только на англ. переводить на русский глупо.Их очень много запаситесь терпением

BILL SHANKLY
 A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe that you are the best and then make sure that you are. In my time at Liverpool we always said we had the best two teams in Merseyside, Liverpool and Liverpool reserves

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

 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 cheques — on boardroom meetings

 Ay, here we are with problems at the top of the league — suggesting to a journalist that Liverpool were in difficulties

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

 Don't worry Alan. At least you'll be able to play close to a great team! — to Alan Ball after he signed for Everton

 He couldn't play anyway. I only wanted him for the reserve team! — upon hearing Celtic's Lou Macari had snubbed Liverpool in favour of a move to Manchester United

 Hold on a minute, John Wayne hasn't arrived yet — to the awaiting TV crews and journalists for the press conference to announce he was retiring from football

 I don't believe everything Bill tells me about his players. Had they been that good, they'd not only have won the European Cup but the Ryder Cup, the Boat Race and even the Grand National! — Celtic manager Jock Stein

 If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be — on the off-side rule

 If Everton were playing at the bottom of the garden, I'd pull the curtains

 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 the Kremlin — on Tommy Smith

 If Shankly had been paid overtime, he'd have been a millionaire — Tommy Docherty on Bill Shankly

 If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing

 If you can't make decisions in life, you're a bloody menace. You'd be better becoming an MP!

 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 — on the fans

 It was the most difficult thing in the world, when I went to tell the chairman. It was like walking to the electric chair. That's the way it felt — on the leaving of Liverpool

 It's great grass at Anfield, professional grass! — comparing the Anfield pitch to other grounds

 It's there to remind our lads who they're playing for, and to remind the opposition who they're playing against — about the 'This is Anfield' plaque

 Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son — to Kevin Keegan

 Laddie, I never drop players, I only make changes — to a journalist who criticised his team selection

 Ladies and Gentlemen, yesterday at Wembley we might have lost the Cup but you the Liverpool people have won everything. You have won the admiration of the policemen in London and you have won the admiration of the public in London — after losing the FA Cup in 1971 to Arsenal

 Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool

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

 Of course I didn't take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present, it was her birthday. Would I have got married in the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves

 On awaiting Everton's arrival for a derby game at Anfield, Bill Shankly gave a box of toilet rolls to the doorman and said: "Give them these when they arrive – they'll need them!

 Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that

 Son, you'll do well here as long as you remember two things. Don't over-eat and don't lose your accent — to Ian St John

 Take that bandage off. And what do you mean about YOUR knee? It's Liverpool's knee! — to Tommy Smith, who had a bandage on his injured knee

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

 The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they don't know the game

 To Tommy Lawrence after he let the ball go through his legs and into the goal
Lawrence "Sorry boss I should have kept my legs closed"
Shankly "Don't worry Son its not your fault, it was your Mother who should have kept her legs closed"

 We murdered them 0-0

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

 Where are you from?" "I'm a Liverpool fan from London." "Well laddie, what's it like to be in heaven?" — to a Liverpool fan

 With him in defence, we could play Arthur Askey in goal — after signing Ron Yeats

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

BOB PAISLEY
 Bill was so strong it was unbelievable. You couldn't shake him off the ball. It didn't matter where he was playing, though I suppose his best position was outside-left. He could go round you, or past you, or even straight through you sometimes! — on Billy Liddell

 Bob's knowledge of players and the game in general is unsurpassed. Football has known no equal in management or prize-winning, but his modesty and dignity were overwhelming as he led this club from one triumph to another. His name will always be synonymous with Liverpool. — Liverpool chairman David Moores on Bob Paisley

 I just hoped that after the trials and tribulations of my early years in management, someone up high would smile on me and guide my hand. My plea was answered when we got Kenny Dalglish. What a player, what a great professional!

 If you're in the penalty area and don't know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we'll discuss the options later.

 Mind you, I've been here during the bad times too - one year we came second.

 You may have found me mean and thirsty in my search for trophies, but the bad news is the man who is taking my place is hungrier than me. Fagan's the name and I don't think he'll need any help from the Artful Dodger! — on Joe Fagan

KENNY DALGLISH
 At Liverpool we never accept second best

 Barnes did what we expected him to do. He made a goal, scored one, and entertained. You remember that — after John Barnes Anfield debut for Liverpool in a 2-0 win over Oxford in 1987

 For me Liverpool can have Everton's title right now! Everton are good but Liverpool are better. They are the best in England – the side we can all learn from — Coventry boss John Sillett on Liverpool's title chances after Kenny Dalglish's new look team's second match of the season. Sillett was to be proved right as the 1987-88 Reds side of course went on to win the league

 I may have left Liverpool but the city and club will always be part of me

 I owe Bob more than I owe anybody else in the game. There will never be another like him — on Bob Paisley

 If Liverpool had waited until the summer, and then asked me to go back as manager, I would have gone back — having had time to reflect on standing down as Liverpool manager in 1990

 It broke my heart to leave Liverpool

 Liverpool had such a marvellous group of players. It was no surprise the trophies kept coming

GRAEME SOUNESS
 Anybody who plays for me should be a bad loser

 He's better than Platini, certainly better than Rumminegge and Maradona. For me he is the greatest footballer in the world — on Kenny Dalglish

 I was once offered Eric Cantona at Liverpool — admitting he turned down the chance to sign the Frenchman during his reign as Liverpool manager

 Playing Roma in Rome in the European Cup final and scoring a penalty in the shoot out to help us win it. That was my very last kick for Liverpool and it doesn't really get any better than that

ROY EVANS
 He's better than Brian Lara because he's 600 not out. What a guy — on Ian Rush's 600th appearance for Liverpool

 Liverpool without European football is like a banquet without wine

GERARD HOULLIER
 As Arnold Schwarzenegger said, 'I'll be back

 He has not changed his religion — to a reporter when asked if Nick Barmby would become a recluse following his move from Everton to Liverpool

 I notice a former captain of ours said recently that this squad is so good that we don’t need a manager. I took this as a great compliment. He must have changed his mind since leaving as he said at the time that Phil Thompson and I would drag the club down. On that point I suppose he was right - we dragged the club down to Cardiff three times in the last 10 months — referring to comments made by Paul Ince

 I used to stand on the Kop when I was here in 1969. The atmosphere and passion on the pitch as well as the terraces was intoxicating and Liverpool became part of me from that day on

 I want to keep an English heart to the team. I believe in that. Michael Owen is that. Never think Michael is afraid of anything

 I wished him good luck. He's a good manager and his English is better than I thought — on Rafa Benitez

 It is important for the club to find a balance in a world driven by economic and political needs. This club usually does that — on leaving Liverpool

 It is our fifth trophy in just a matter of months and that shows what can be achieved when you have a united team who have great trust in each other — after Liverpool won the Super Cup in Monaco

 Liverpool players must play like a lion, give his all. There must be determination, commitment and resolve to be a Liverpool player

 Our job is to make the fans happy. When we win, 45,000 people go home happy. When we lose, it not only affects them, it affects their cats

 Players have responsibilities, because, whether they like it or not, they are public figures. They have to be aware that the people who come to the ground spend fortunes in relation to what they earn

 The only pleasure I take is that the fans are happy with the team. But I don’t believe in anything other than my team

 There are those who say maybe I should forget about football. Maybe I should forget about breathing

 These players are my true heroes

 To me, the team is more important than any individual member of the squad, and the players have to realise that and accept that my priority is to pick a side with the best possible chance of winning each match

 We don't destroy our heroes today when we worshipped them yesterday

 We don't have any splits here. The players country is Liverpool Football Club and their language is football

 We scored 127 goals - the third highest total in the club's history. Although, if you believe everything you read in the papers, 126 probably came from a breakaway from the edge of our penalty area. The other one was probably an own goal

 We will beat them one day, I can promise you that!" — on Manchester United

 When I see the Bill Shankly statue, I look at the sentiment on the base. It says: 'He made the people happy’. Well now the modern Liverpool is making the fans and the city happy. And that makes me so proud

 You can't build a cathedral in a day. A look at the club's history tells you these things take time

RAFAEL BENITEZ
 As a manager you are important sometimes and you make mistakes, but the most important people are your staff and your players. Never call me the special one!

 Before, I said that they were maybe the best supporters in England. Now maybe they are the best supporters in Europe

 How can you tell your wife you are just popping out to play a match and then not come back for five days? — on test cricket

 This is without doubt my biggest night in football. At half-time we needed to do something and decided to make some changes. The early goal helped and with the backing of our wonderful supporters we went on from there. There is no way we could have went back out and lost by four or five goals in front of them. Once we started thinking and believing we could do it, anything was possible. In extra-time I was very proud of my players — after the epic Champions League victory

 To work hard and have our supporters behind us and believing until the end, you run a little bit more

 When you see the supporters and how the club works it is like a religion to them. We will try to do our best to bring more trophies back for them

 Winning trophies has made me put on weight

IAN SAINT JOHN
 The goal looked as big as the Mersey Tunnel — after his winning goal in the 1965 FA Cup Final against Leeds

RON YEATS
 He was the greatest person I know. Ron Yeats on Bill Shankly

EMLYN HUGHES
 Liverpool are magic. Everton are tragic

IAN CALLAGHAN
 Liverpool wouldn't be the club it is today without Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley and the players who played there. When I first went there it was a typical Second Division ground and look at it now!

TOMMY SMITH
 I said to Kevin (Keegan), 'I'll go near post' and he replied, 'No, just go for the ball.'

 If Shankly was the Anfield foreman, Paisley was the brickie, ready to build an empire with his own hands

KEVIN KEEGAN
 I always carry a picture of him, he comes into my conversation a lot; I learned a lot from him and owe the man a great deal — on Shankly

 Steve Nicol never gives more than 120 per cent

 The only thing I fear is missing an open goal in front of the Kop. I would die if that were to happen. When they start singing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' my eyes start to water. There have been times when I've actually been crying while I've been playing

 They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different

SAMMY LEE
 We are the real people's club

PHIL THOMPSON
 Nobody likes being criticized, particularly by players who will be in Disneyland this summer on their holidays rather than the World Cup in Japan — responding to criticism from Frank de Boer of Barcelona who said Liverpool were boring

 Shanks was the father figure but Roger Hunt was something special. It might sound daft but just picking up his sweaty kit gave me satisfaction

 This was a special atmosphere only Anfield can produce. This was St Etienne part two and the fans cheered every tackle and it's one of the greatest nights in this football club's history — after Liverpool's 2-0 victory over Roma in the Champions League 2002

RAY CLEMENCE
 Sometimes I feel I'm hardly wanted in this Liverpool team. If I get two or three saves to make, I've had a busy day." Ray Clemence

IAN RUSH
 It was like playing in a foreign country — on his time with Juventus in Italy

 It's best being a striker. If you miss five then score the winner, you're a hero. The goalkeeper can play a blinder, then let one in… and he's a villain

PHIL NEAL
 I was Bob's first signing. He changed my life, as he did so many others. He gave us great memories and you can't put a price on that. He made me an adopted scouser

STEVE MCMAHON
 I'd kick my own brother if necessary... it's what being a professional footballer is all about

BRUCE GROBBELAAR
 Bruce Grobbelaar will play on until he is 40 - and at the top level

ALAN HANSEN
 I go by records and Bob Paisley is the No 1 manager ever!

 There is no way the second half can be as entertaining as the first — during the UEFA Cup Final v Alaves with Liverpool leading 3-1 at half time

ROBBIE FOWLER
 Anyone who doesn't learn from Ian Rush needs shooting

 Ever since I started at Liverpool as a kid the fans have taken to me and any player will tell you when the supporters of your club are behind you then that helps an awful lot. I just can't thank them enough. They've given me so much support over the years and I'm grateful for that

 Honest to God, I'm so happy it's frightening! I'm just so chuffed - that's all I can say. Obviously since I have left, deep down I have always wanted to come back and it has been a long time but I'm glad to say I'm back now — on his return to Anfield

 I hate talking about football. I just do it, you know?

 I used to hate Ian Rush when I was young, because I was a devout Evertonian in those days, and he seemed to score every time Liverpool played against us. It's strange to think he used to support Everton too when he was a kid. He was brilliant to me at Anfield always giving me good advice

 We’ve got a lot of Cockneys in the team, but really, it doesn’t matter where they’re from – we’re all playing for Liverpool

JAMIE CARRAGHER
 I went so mad that I must have had a bit of a blackout. I just crashed to the floor somewhere and I can't remember a single thing that was going on around me for a few moments. What I do remember as I was lying on the floor was starting to cramp up again! — recalls how he felt after Dudek saved the decisive penalty from Schevchenko in Istanbul

 It is one of the greatest finals of all time and the save Jerzy Dudek made from Shevchenko at the end was unbelievable. I can't believe we've won. He'll be a legend now, not just for the penalties but because of the Shevchenko saves in the game itself. They were unbelievable — on Istanbul hero Jerzy Dudek

 What Rafa has done this season surpasses, without any doubt, what any other manager has done. Jose Mourinho has won the league for Chelsea in his first season and made a real impact in England. But it doesn't come even close to winning the European Cup in your first season. Now Rafa can go and tell any press conference he likes, as Jose did, that he's the true champion. Mourinho can't say that any more. So is Rafa the special one too? Well, he is to Liverpool fans

 Who's bigger than Liverpool? — when asked by Sky Sports if he'd thought of moving to a bigger club

 He'd put Steven in the top five or six players in the world. In my opinion, I would say he was probably the best. I don't think anyone else could play for Liverpool and do more than he does — on Steven Gerrard

STEVEN GERRARD
 He is our talisman - I mean you just can't replace him. Thank goodness everything was sorted out last year! Everything's settled down now and I know he will be with us for life. He's an unbelievable player and I wouldn't swap him for anyone. He has got everything and never ceases to amaze. He has been magnificent, different class — LFC Chairman David Moores on Steven Gerrard

 How can I think of leaving Liverpool after a night like this? It was the greatest night of my life — on winning the Champions League Steven Gerrard

 I didn't sleep with the European Cup but it was in my room! It was just special and I just had to have the cup with me, lifting the cup as Liverpool captain was just the best moment of my life — on who he spent the night with after the Istanbul final

 I just wanted to jump into the stand and start celebrating with those wonderful fans — on reaching the Champions League final Steven Gerrard

 It was reported that we'd have 20,000 fans out here but there was much more than that. They are unbelievable and I dedicate this victory to them. We were a different team in the second half but by extra time we were running on empty and I'll admit were playing for penalties at the end — after winning the Champions League in Istanbul

 We've got a great team spirit - It doesn't matter how many goals we go down, we'll keep fighting till the end

 When you have the best player in the world in your side then you know that anything is possible. I was just praying for somebody to do something special and Stevie came up trumps again. When the ball hit the net I felt like running over to him to give him a big kiss but then I decided against it! Gerrard is the best for me. He is still young, he's got everything in his game and he can do whatever he wants in football. It was just brilliant to win the final. The odds were against us at one stage but there's a great belief in this team now and we never believe we are beaten — John Arne Riise hails FA Cup hero Steven Gerrard.

VLADIMIR SMICER
 I wanted to show everybody that I'm still a good footballer, that I still have something to say. I think I have succeeded with that goal and that penalty. It wasn't a nice view at half time, but we wanted to get a goal for our fans as we didn't want them to be sad. I'm spellbound by it all, this is maybe the greatest moment in my career

GARY MCALLISTER
 I will never forget today and I want to thank all the fans who gave me such a great ovation. They were immense. I thought I would get a decent reception but that surpassed all my wildest dreams. That sort of ovation is normally reserved for players who have won European Cups for a club. It was a brilliant day and it was nice to hear the Kop's humour at its best again when they were telling me to go back to Coventry — after his last game for Liverpool at Anfield

JERZY DUDEK
 Carra came up to me after extra time and said 'Remember Grobbelaar and the rubbery legs of 84 - and do the same. Dance, do anything, put them off'! — after his penalty saving heroics.

 My brother phoned me the morning after the game and asked me had I seen the match again? I said no and he said you need to see it because your save from Schevchenko was the hand of the God. I told him I didn't know how I did it

 This is the best moment of my career. The final was one of the greatest moments for all of us. We enjoyed that very much

 We celebrated into the night and it was magnificent. We had a few drinks, well maybe a bit more than a few! — after the epic Champions League win over AC Milan

LUIS GARCIA
 We were sitting in the dressing room and we could clearly hear thousands of fans singing You'll Never Walk Alone. Can you imagine how that felt? We were 3-0 down in the Champions League final and all we could hear were 45,000 people letting us know they still believed in us. We knew they had endured a long journey and made so many sacrifices to be there. It was at that point we started to believe too — on what inspired the amazing comeback in Istanbul.

XABI ALONSO
 This is the best moment in my professional career. I am a European champion, and I cannot believe it — on the feeling of becoming a Champions League winner

OTHERS
 If anybody thinks either myself or my team are afraid of Liverpool, they can think again. I believe I've got a team that can go out and do the business against them — Coventry manager John Sillett before a match with Liverpool in 1987. Liverpool won 4-1 with Sillett declaring them champions elect in August

 Liverpool's fans are just amazing. The best feeling I have at away games is Anfield. It is just incredible. I love it. You get goose bumps when you see their supporters sing You'll Never Walk Alone — Arsenal and France star Thierry Henry

 Managers have to be like actors at times and Rafa Benitez deserves an Oscar for his half-time performance in the dressing room during the Champions League Final. His half-time performance when all was lost in Istanbul was the most astonishing of the whole amazing night — Sir Bobby Robson saluting Rafael Benitez after Liverpool's victory in Istanbul

 Rafa has brought the European Cup back to Liverpool and there was no doubts in our minds whatsoever that he would bring success to the club — LFC Chief Executive Rick Parry

 Rafa has the feel of this club, he knows the history of the club and he loves the people. I tell you what, we have got a good man — LFC Chairman David Moores

 Rafa is a magician, a master tactician and a wonderful man. He is a great man, make no mistake about that — LFC Chairman David Moores

 Should the aggregate score be level after 90 minutes, extra time will be played. Fulham's matchday programme for the second leg of the Littlewoods Cup tie in 1986-87. Liverpool were 10-0 up from the first leg

 The English club proved that miracles really do exist. I've now made Liverpool my English team. They showed that football is the most beautiful sport of all. The Liverpool supporters didn't let me go to sleep the night before, there were 10 of them to every three Milan supporters. They showed their unconditional support at half-time when they were losing 3-0 and still they didn't stop singing — Diego Maradona who was cheering for Liverpool in Istanbul

 There's not one club in Europe with an anthem like You'll Never Walk Alone. There's not one club in the world so united with the fans. I sat there watching the Liverpool fans and they sent shivers down my spine. A mass of 40,000 people became one force behind their team. That's something not many teams have. For that I admire Liverpool more than anything — Johan Cruyff after Istanbul

 They have done the city proud, they performed brilliantly and I always knew they were going to win. I was proudly wearing my scarf in No 10 — Prime Ministers wife and Liverpool fan Cherie Blair after seeing the Reds win the Champions League

 We just want to bring more trophies to the club for these amazing fans. They are the best. We have got just the right man to do that in Rafa — LFC Chairman David Moores