Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1945)

Thomas "Tommy" Smith, MBE (born 5 April 1945) was a long-serving footballer with Liverpool, known for his uncompromising defensive style.

Quotes

 * Don't go for the player, go for the ball.
 * After been asked on how to stop Cristiano Ronaldo.


 * I have never started a fight in my life but I have finished a few... sometimes I shudder when I think about what I have done.


 * I don't think tackling is at all acceptable these days... there are a lot of cheats in the game, too.

Quotes about Tommy Smith

 * Tommy Smith wasn't born, he was quarried.
 * 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 the Kremlin.
 * Bill Shankly

Tommy on other people

 * If Shankly was the Anfield foreman, Paisley was the brickie, ready to build an empire with his own hands."
 * Tommy Smith on Bob Paisley.