Bill Shankly's Quotes

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

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

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.

Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor.

If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.

We murdered them 0-0.

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

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

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

Denis Law could dance on eggshells.

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