110 Quotes by Bill Shankly

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

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

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

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

If a player isn't interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be!

I have not been short of invitations to other clubs and have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool.

Ian Callaghan is everything good that a man can be. No praise is too high for him. Words cannot do justice to the amount he has contributed to the game. Ian Callaghan will go down as one of the game's truly great players.

My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world. I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in.

Well the Kop’s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you’ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they’re united and loyal.