Quotes from Bill Shankly

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

For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.

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

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

Denis Law could dance on eggshells.

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.

The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That's how I see football, that's how I see life.

If you can't support us when we lose or draw, don't support us when we win

a lot of football success is in the mind. you must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

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

I've been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.

In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

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.

Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they don't know the game.

A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

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

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.

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.

I was in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.

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

A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.

If he isn't named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)

I would have played Tom Finney in his overcoat - there would have been four men marking him when we were kickin' in.