Bill Shankly - Wikiquote

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Bill Shankly - Wikiquote: "Bill Shankly
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[edit]Bill Shankly (1913-1981)
football manager
[edit]Attributed
'Someone said 'football is more important than life and death to you' and I said 'Listen, it's more important than that'.'
Notes: On a Granada Television chat-show in 1981.
'My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Napoleon had that idea. He wanted to conquer the bloody 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.'
'I don't think I was in a bath until I was 15 years old. I used to use a tub to wash myself. But out of poverty with a lot of people living in the same house, you get humour.'
'It's there to remind our lads who they're playing for, and to remind the opposition who they're playing against.'
Notes: on the 'This is Anfield' plaque
'I'm a people's man - only the people matter'
'My life is my work. My work is my life.'
'I know this is a sad occasion but I think that Dixie would be amazed to know that even in death he could draw a bigger crowd than Everton can on a Saturday Afternoon.'
Notes: at Dixie Dean's funeral
'The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head.'
Notes: to a Liverpool trainee
'Sickness would not have kept me away from this one. If I'd been dead, I would have had them bring the casket to the ground, prop it up in the stands and cut a hole in the lid.'
Notes: after beating Everton in the '71 FA Cup semi-final
'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.'
'Liverpool, was made for me and I was made "