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Bill Shankly
Age: 68 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 2
Died: 1981
Died: September 29
Association Football Manager
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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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The very word 'Anfield' means more to me than I can describe.
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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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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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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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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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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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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Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt. We don't need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool's players keeps them motivated.
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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 want to build a team that's invincible, so that they have to send a team from bloody Mars to beat us.
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