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A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
Bill Shankly
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Bill Shankly
Age: 68 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 2
Died: 1981
Died: September 29
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The very word 'Anfield' means more to me than I can describe.
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Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It's a form of socialism without the politics.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.
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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 Everton)
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Ian Callaghan is everything good that a man can be. No praise is too high for him. Words cannot do justice to the amount he has contributed to the game. Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game's truly great players.
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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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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.
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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 these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.
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The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, that’s how I see life.
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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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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)
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I have always had the deepest respect for Bill Nicholson as a person and as a manager. The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
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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.
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