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I'm a people's man - only the people matter.

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
William Shankly
Bill Şenkli
Men
People
Matter

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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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The very word 'Anfield' means more to me than I can describe.
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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.
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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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If you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don't know what to do next, just stick the ball in the net for now. We can evaluate the other options later.
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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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Laddie, that man scored 200 goals in 270 matches - an incredible record - and he has won cup after cup as a manager. When he talks, pin back your ears.
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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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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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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.
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I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.
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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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