Bill Shankly quotes

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

" A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are. In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside, Liverpool and Liverpool reserves. " # Teams and Teamwork # Football # Belief

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

" I have not been short of invitations to other clubs and have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It's probably fair to say that they are now 'my' team. " # Teams and Teamwork # Friends and Friendship # Women

" Someone said "football is more important than life and death to you" and I said "Listen, it's more important than that." " # Death and Dying # Listening # Football

" 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. " # Ideas # Cities and City Life # Tyranny

" I don't think I was in a bath until I was 15 years old. I used to use a tub to wash myself. But out of poverty with a lot of people living in the same house, you get humour. " # Water # Poverty and The Poor # Love

" It's there to remind our lads who they're playing for, and to remind the opposition who they're playing against. " # Kisses and Kissing

" I'm a people's man - only the people matter. " # Age and Aging

" My life is my work. My work is my life. " # Life and Living