110 Quotes by Bill Shankly

The socialism I believe in isn't really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other, everyone helping each other, and everyone having a share of the rewards at the end of the day. That might be asking a lot, but it's the way I see football and the way I see life.

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

If a man….who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace

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.

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

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

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

Denis, it's you, ... Where have you been? We have been worried about you.

They say Football's a matter of life and death - but it's more important than that