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I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.

Bill Shankly

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Bill Shankly
Age: 68 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 2
Died: 1981
Died: September 29
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
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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 Liverpool.
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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 are only there to sign the checks.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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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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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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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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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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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'.
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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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If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace
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Train the right way. Help each other. It's a form of socialism without the politics.
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He's not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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If you can't support us when we lose or draw, don't support us when we win
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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.
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