I want to build a team that's invincible, so that they have to send a team from bloody Mars to beat us. — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be. — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them. — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They… — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
Of course I didn't take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have… — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves. — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
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'… — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for… — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
Don't worry, Alan. At least you'll be able to play close to a great team. (to Alan Ball, who'd just signed for… — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
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… — Bill Shankly Copy Share
The problem with you, son, is that all your brains are in your head. (to a Liverpool trainee) — Bill Shankly Copy Share
If you get to the edge of the penalty area with the ball and don't know what to do next, just stick the ball… — Bill Shankly Copy Share
I was in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool. — Bill Shankly Copy Share
It's a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew… — Bill Shankly Copy Share
Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age, even if he had been wearing an overcoat. — Bill Shankly Copy Share
Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better. — Bill Shankly Copy Share
Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the… — Bill Shankly Copy Share
“The socialism I believe in is everyone working for each other, everyone having a share of the rewards. It's the way I see football,… — Bill Shankly Copy Share
“Some people believe football (soccer) is a matter of life and death. I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is… — Bill Shankly Copy Share
In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves. — Bill Shankly Copy Share
