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Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.

Bill Shankly

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
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
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
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 don’t drop players. I make changes.
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Changes Inspirational Making Player
A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
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Football Funny Teamwork
What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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Anfield Country Eleven
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
Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt.
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Passion Pride Team
Although I’m a Scot, I’d be proud to be called a Scouser.
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Liverpool Proud Scots
The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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I Can Mean
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
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.
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Facts Games Soccer
I never drop a player I only make changes.
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Coaching Player 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
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
Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.
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Anfield Football Grass
My life is my work. My work is my life
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Game Hard Life Work
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
What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
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Day Football Great Soccer
The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!
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Differences Queens Soccer Fans
If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Curtain Draws Garden
Me having no education. I had to use my brains.
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Brain Soccer Use
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
Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.
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Born Game Quarried Soccer
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
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

Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.

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