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Bill Shankly

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Bill Shankly

“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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“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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Bill Shankly

“Denis Law could dance on eggshells.”

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Bill Shankly

“Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.”

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“Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.”

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“I'm a people's man - only the people matter.”

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“If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I'd draw the curtains.”

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“If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.”

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“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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“The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.”

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“What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.”

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“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.”

Source/Notes: From his autobiography It's More Important Than That (1976), discussing the period after his retirement

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“At a football club, there's a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters.”

Source/Notes: Bill Shankly: Life, death and football, The Guardian (2009-10-18)

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Bill Shankly

“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.”

Source/Notes: In Sunday Times (UK) Oct. 4 1981

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