Bill Shankly Quotes About Soccer

Quotes about: Soccer

• In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Soccer, Sports

• 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

  Soccer, Football, Simple

  "Steppe change: how Gareth Southgate became a management guru in Russia" by Stefan Stern, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2018.

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

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Games

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Soccer, Sarcastic

• 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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Player

• If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options afterwards.

  Bill Shankly

  Funny, Soccer, Football

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

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Great Day

• At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Player

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

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Team, Cities

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

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Life And Death

• 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.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Games, Facts

• 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

  Soccer, Football, Men

• We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, England, Beats

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

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Brain, Use

  Quoted in David Pickering The Cassell Soccer Companion (1994)

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