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It’s to remind our lads who they’re playing for, and to remind the opposition who they’re playing against. (on the ‘This Anfield’ plaque)

Bill Shankly

Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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Passion Pride Team
Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Fans Missing Roger Soccer
What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Anfield Country Eleven
I never drop a player I only make changes.
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Coaching Player Sports
Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.
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Bigs Institutions Loyal Society
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
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Football Inspirational Leadership
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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Football Funny Sports
He wasn’t flashy and he wouldn’t score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest.
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Everything Hard Honest Score Skillful Totally
Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the Cup Final. That’s the reward.
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Championship Countr Cup Final Pressure
I’ve had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne.
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Country Caught Eye Games Men Ones People
My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world.
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Giving Ideas World
This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Cities Soccer Team
The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Country Draws Sides
Forget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It’s real singing, and it’s what the Kop is all about.
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Real Singing Sound
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
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Football Games Soccer
Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game’s truly great players.
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Down Game Great Player
Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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Mao Red Shows
The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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Brain England Son
Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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Helping Socialism Way
What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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Day Football Great Soccer
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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Football Player Soccer
I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Matter Men People
A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
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Inspirational Motivational Soccer
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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Break Cheat Legs Wife
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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Motivate Motivated Performance Polymer Team
If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Curtain Draws Garden
When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
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League Looks Tables

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