Bill Shankly Quotes About Football

Quotes about: Football

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

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Soccer, Sports

• 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.

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Believe, Goal

  "Football's debt to socialism" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. July 6, 2010.

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

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Teamwork, Football

  "How Benítez built Liverpool" by Kevin McCarra, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2006.

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

  Bill Shankly

  Inspirational, Leadership, Football

• 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.

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Believe, Successful

• 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

  Soccer, Football, Simple

  "Steppe change: how Gareth Southgate became a management guru in Russia" by Stefan Stern, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2018.

• 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

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Sports, Football

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

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Games

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Soccer, Sarcastic

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

  Bill Shankly

  Inspirational, Motivational, Football

• Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool.

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Soccer Fans, Made

• 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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

• If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Player

• If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options afterwards.

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Soccer, Football

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

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Great Day

• At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Player

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

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Life And Death

• Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better.

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Simple, Games

• Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Anfield, Grass

• Laddie, that man scored 200 goals in 270 matches - an incredible record - and he has won cup after cup as a manager. When he talks, pin back your ears.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Men

• Of course I didn't take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Wife, Married

• I’ve been a slave to football. It follows you home, it follows you everywhere, and eats into your family life. But every working man misses out on some things because of his job.

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Jobs, Home

• If he isn't named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin.
  (on Tommy Smith)

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Player, Men

• 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)

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Anfield, England

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

  Bill Shankly

  Football, Games, People

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