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The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
Bill Shankly
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Bill Shankly
Age: 68 †
Born: 1913
Born: September 2
Died: 1981
Died: September 29
Association Football Manager
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Soccer Player
William Shankly
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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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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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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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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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First is first,Second is nothing
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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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Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.
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I'm a people's man - only the people matter.
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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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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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We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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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 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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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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With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)
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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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