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My life is my work. My work is my life

Bill Shankly

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
Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)
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Hands Kevin Son
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
The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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Differences Queens Soccer Fans
This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Cities Soccer Team
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
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
Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Brain Soccer Use
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
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.
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Eventually Everyone Idea Liverpool Wanted
I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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Matter Men People
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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Everywhere Football Home Jobs Life
If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Curtain Draws Garden
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
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

My life is my work. My work is my life

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