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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.
Sep 29, 2025
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.
When we have the football, everybody’s a player.
How can I think of leaving Liverpool after a night like this?
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.
Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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)
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.
We are Liverpool Football Club and the expectations are so high.
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.
Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool.
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)
When I've got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options afterwards.
Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
I want to build a team that's invincible, so that they have to send a team from bloody Mars to beat us.
A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.
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.
I believe a young player will run through a barbed wire fence for you. An older player looks for a hole in the fence.
Mind you, I've been here during the bad times too - one year we came second.
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.
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.
We have a bow and arrow and if we aim well, we can hit the target. The problem is that Bayern has a bazooka. The probability that they will hit the target is clearly higher.
Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
There are those who say maybe I should forget about football. Maybe I should forget about breathing.
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say 'We're Liverpool'.
If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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)
If you are young and open, and start loving football and really think about it then there are not a lot of alternatives to LFC. If you are a fan of another club it's okay too. But if you want to be a fan of 'the' club then it's Liverpool FC.
If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.
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