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The very word 'Anfield' means more to me than I can describe.

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
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Anfield
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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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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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Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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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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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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Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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 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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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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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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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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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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