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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.

Bill Shankly

Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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Fans Missing Roger Soccer
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
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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Football Men Player Stopped
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
I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
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Four Men Overcoat
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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Fighting Running Wall
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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Build Men People Selfless Share
Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Football Games Simple
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
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
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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Club Games Soccer Writing
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
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
First is first,Second is nothing
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Firsts Game Nothing Second
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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Football Games People
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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Football Inspirational Motivational

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