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Bill Shankly

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
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 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
We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.
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Beats England Soccer
What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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Day Football Great Soccer
I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Matter Men People
Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
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Finals Pits Trying
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
Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Brain Soccer Use
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.
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Football Married Wife
Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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Mao Red Shows
The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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I Can Mean
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
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
First is first,Second is nothing
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Firsts Game Nothing Second
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
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
If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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Funny Sarcastic Soccer
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
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
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
Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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Born Game Quarried Soccer
The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
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Country Draws Sides
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
Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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Passion Pride Team
This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Cities Soccer Team
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.
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