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I never drop a player I only make changes.

Bill Shankly

I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.
BILL SHANKLY

Eventually Everyone Idea Liverpool Wanted
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.
BILL SHANKLY

Facts Games Soccer
When I’ve got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.
BILL SHANKLY

League Looks Tables
The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
BILL SHANKLY

Brain England Son
The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.
BILL SHANKLY

Best Boss Character Fand Long Straighter
Of course I didn’t take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.
BILL SHANKLY

Football Married Wife
I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat – there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin’ in.
BILL SHANKLY

Four Men Overcoat
My life is my work. My work is my life
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Game Hard Life Work
The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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I Can Mean
If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
BILL SHANKLY

Funny Sarcastic Soccer
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.
BILL SHANKLY

Bigs Institutions Loyal Society
I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
BILL SHANKLY

Matter Men People
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.
BILL SHANKLY

Motivate Motivated Performance Polymer Team
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

Anfield Country Football
Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
BILL SHANKLY

Fans Missing Roger Soccer
What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
BILL SHANKLY

Anfield Country Eleven

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