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Bill Shankly
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“A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.”
Bill Shankly (1913–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by John Toshack in Kevin McCarra, "How Benítez built Liverpool," The Guardian (2006-01-21)
“At a football club, there's a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters.”
Bill Shankly (1913–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bill Shankly: Life, death and football", The Guardian (2009-10-18)
“Someone said to me 'To you football is a matter of life or death!' and I said 'Listen, it's more important than that'.”
Bill Shankly (1913–1981) first seen 1981 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An interview on a Granada Television chat-show, hosted by Shelley Rohde on Wednesday 20th of May 1981
“The socialism I believe in is everyone working for each other, everyone having a share of the rewards. It's the way I see football, the way I see life.”
Bill Shankly (1913–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source