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Bill Shankly

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)
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Anfield Country Football
Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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Death Football Life Soccer
The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee)
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Brain England Son
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
The very word ‘Anfield’ means more to me than I can describe.
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I Can Mean
This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Cities Soccer Team
Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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Helping Socialism Way
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 never drop a player I only make changes.
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Coaching Player Sports
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
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
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’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
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
He’s not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)
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Country Forward Game Soccer

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