In his 15 years in charge, Liverpool won three league championships, two FA Cups and one UEFA Cup. During that time, he also laid the foundations that would see the club go on to dominate domestic and European soccer for the next decade and a half.
“Everything I’ve got, I owe it to football. And the dedication and what I put into the game,” Shankly said. “You only get out of the game what you put into it. And I put everything into it I could … and still do. For the people that I was playing for and the people I was managing for. I didn’t cheat them out of anything.”
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