Soccer Quotes - Bill Shankly

Bill Shankly after his retirement

soccerquotes — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:11:26 -0500

"I have not been short of invitations to other clubs and have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool."

Bill Shankly on football/soccer teams

soccerquotes — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:10:30 -0500

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

Bill Shankly on his relationship with football/soccer

soccerquotes — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:09:30 -0500

"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 on Anfield

soccerquotes — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:08:17 -0500

"It's great grass at Anfield, professional grass."

Bill Shankly to a photographer complaining that Brain Clough was outspoken

soccerquotes — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:07:20 -0500

"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 on how he'd like to be remembered

soccerquotes — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:05:20 -0500

"Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say 'We're Liverpool'."

Bill Shankly on Ian St. John

soccerquotes — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:03:49 -0500

"He's not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one."

Bill Shankly on Ian Callaghan

soccerquotes — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:02:54 -0500

"He typifies everything that is good in football, and he has never changed. You could stake your life on Ian."

Bill Shankly on Brian Clough

soccerquotes — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:01:26 -0500

"He's worse than the rain in Manchester. At least God stops the rain in Manchester occasionally."

Bill Shankly on behaviour of players

soccerquotes — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 09:00:41 -0500

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