12 Quotes by Bill Shankly
- 1.
Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor.
Bill Shankly - 2.
Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
Bill Shankly - 3.
Denis Law could dance on eggshells.
Bill Shankly - 4.
What a great day for football, all we need is some green grass and a ball.
Bill Shankly - 5.
If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.
Bill Shankly - 6.
I’m a people’s man – only the people matter.
Bill Shankly - 7.
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
Bill Shankly - 8.
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
Bill Shankly - 9.
We murdered them 0-0.
Bill Shankly - 10.
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 - 11.
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 - 12.
If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I’d draw the curtains.
Bill Shankly