Bill Shankly

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

“At a football club, there's a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters.”

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

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

“If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.”

“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.”

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

“We murdered them 0-0.”

“Denis Law could dance on eggshells.”

“If Everton were playing down the bottom of my garden, I'd draw the curtains.”

“I'm a people's man - only the people matter.”

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

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

“A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.”

“A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.”