Bill Shankly

“My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility.”

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

“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 are Liverpool'.”

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

“The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they don't know the game.”

“In my time at Liverpool we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside, Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.”

“I'm just one of the people who stands on the Kop. They think the same as I do, and I think the same as they do. It's a kind of marriage to have that bond.”

“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.”

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

“The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, that’s how I see life.”

“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.”

“Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is not the European Cup or the Championship or the FA Cup. That's the reward.”

“If Everton were playing at the bottom of the garden, I'd pull the curtains.”

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

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