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Bill Shankly

Bill Shankly after his retirement

"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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Bill Shankly on football/soccer teams

"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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Bill Shankly on his relationship with football/soccer

"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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Bill Shankly on Anfield

"It's great grass at Anfield, professional grass."

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Bill Shankly to a photographer complaining that Brain Clough was outspoken

"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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Bill Shankly on how he'd like to be remembered

"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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Bill Shankly on Ian St. John

"He's not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one."

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Bill Shankly on Ian Callaghan

"He typifies everything that is good in football, and he has never changed. You could stake your life on Ian."

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Bill Shankly on Brian Clough

"He's worse than the rain in Manchester. At least God stops the rain in Manchester occasionally."

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Bill Shankly on behaviour of players

"If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be."

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Bill Shankly on what it takes to be a Liverpool player

"For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side."

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Bill Shankly after a 0-0 draw on Anfield

"What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts?"

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Bill Shankly on the day he signed Ian St. John

"Son, you'll do well here as long as you remember two things. Don't over-eat and don't lose your accent."

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Bill Shankly on Everton

"If Everton were playing at the bottom of the garden, I'd pull the curtains."

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Bill Shankly to Ray Clemence after he conceeded a goal between his legs

"Sorry, boss, I should have kept my legs together", said Clemence.
"Wrong, it's your mother who should have!", replied Shankly.

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Bill Shankly to Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson before the 1971 Cup final

"Aye, watch it Bob, it's very greasy and treacherous out there. Very difficult for goalkeepers."

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Bill Shankly motivating a player

"I told this player, 'Listen Son, you haven't broken your leg. It's all in the mind.'"

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Bill Shankly to Tommy Smith

"You son, could start a riot in a graveyard."

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Bill Shankly on game length

"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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Bill Shankly after a 1-1 draw

"The best side drew."

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