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

If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.
Bill Shankly

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

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

I'm a people's man - only the people matter.
Bill Shankly

Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor.
Bill Shankly

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