Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say ‘We’re Liverpool’.
BILL SHANKLYThe best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)
More Bill Shankly Quotes
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What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts? (after 0-0 draw at Anfield)
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If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.
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He wasn’t flashy and he wouldn’t score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest.
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Train the right way. Help each other. It’s a form of socialism without the politics.
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Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
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If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
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Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.
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Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.
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Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings a week.
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I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
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If you can’t support us when we lose or draw, don’t support us when we win
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It’s to remind our lads who they’re playing for, and to remind the opposition who they’re playing against. (on the ‘This Anfield’ plaque)
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My life is my work. My work is my life
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This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.
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Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.
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