Bill Shankly
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William Shankly (1913-09-02 — 1981-09-29) was an Scottish football (soccer) manager.
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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.
- From his autobiography It's More Important Than That (1976), discussing the period after his retirement
- A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.
- Quoted by John Toshack in Kevin McCarra, "How Benítez built Liverpool," The Guardian (2006-01-21)
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- It's Not Your Leg Son - Book of Shankly Quotes pub. Tangent Books