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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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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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If you can't support us when we lose or draw, don't support us when we win
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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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Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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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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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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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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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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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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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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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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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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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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Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.
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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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I'm a people's man - only the people matter.
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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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