Bill Shankly Quotes - Page 2

It's the greatest thing in the world, natural enthusiasm. You are nothing without it.

Forget the Beatles and all the rest. This is the real Liverpool sound. It's real singing, and it's what the Kop is all about.

I've had many skilful men and the likes of Peter Thompson, Ian St John, Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway were the ones who caught the eye. But the best professional of the lot was Gerry Byrne. He wasn't flashy and he wouldn't score you goals. But he was hard and skilful and gave you everything he had. More than that he was totally honest. Which is the greatest quality of all. He was a true Liverpudlian who couldn't look his fellow Scousers in the face after a game unless he'd given everything he had for 90 minutes.

Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.

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

For a player to be good enough to play for Liverpool, he must be prepared to run through a brick wall for me then come out fighting on the other side.

My life is my work. My work is my life

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

Yes, Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.

Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt. We don't need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool's players keeps them motivated.

Me having no education. I had to use my brains.

One day in 1959, when Huddersfield were playing Cardiff City, Tom (T.V.) Williams, who was then chairman of Liverpool, and Harry Latham, a director, came down the slope at Leeds Road to see me. Mr Williams said, 'How would you like to manage the best club in the country?' 'Why, is Matt Busby packing it up?' I asked.

I have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. It is scandalous that I should have to write these things about the club that I helped build into what it is today.

I don't drop players. I make changes.

Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place, son. (to Kevin Keegan)

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 at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.

The very word 'Anfield' means more to me than I can describe.

I want to build a team that's invincible, so that they have to send a team from bloody Mars to beat us.

I always look in the Sunday paper to see where Everton are in the league - starting, of course, from the bottom up.

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'.

I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.

Of course I didn't take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present. It was her birthday and would I have got married during the football season? Anyway, it was Rochdale reserves.

This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool.

I never drop a player I only make changes.