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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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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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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It's a form of socialism without the politics.
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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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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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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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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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The very word 'Anfield' means more to me than I can describe.
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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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