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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
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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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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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.
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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 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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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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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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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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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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