Bill Shankly Quotes

"What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball."
- Bill Shankly
(Related: Day, Football)

"We murdered them 0-0."
- Bill Shankly

"The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game."
- Bill Shankly
(Related: Rules, Trouble)

"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that."
- Bill Shankly
(Related: Life, Death, People, Football)

"If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing."
- Bill Shankly
(Related: First, Nothing)

"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."
- Bill Shankly
(Related: Football, Giving)

"Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important."
- Bill Shankly
(Related: Life, Death, Football)

"Denis Law could dance on eggshells."
- Bill Shankly
(Related: Dance, Law)

"A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are."
- Bill Shankly
(Related: Success, Football, Mind)

"I'm a people's man - only the people matter."
- Bill Shankly
(Related: People, Man)

"Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor."
- Bill Shankly
(Related: Sky)