Bill Shankly

thumb|Someone said to me 'To you football is a matter of life or death!' and I said 'Listen, it's more important than that'. William Shankly (2 September 1913 – 29 September 1981) was a Scottish football player and manager, who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool. Quotes A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing. Quoted by John Toshack in Kevin McCarra, "How Benítez built Liverpool," The Guardian (2006-01-21) At a football club, there's a holy trinity – the players, the manager and the supporters. "Bill Shankly: Life, death and football", The Guardian (2009-10-18) Someone said to me 'To you football is a matter of life or death!' and I said 'Listen, it's more important than that'. An interview on a Granada Television chat-show, hosted by Shelley Rohde on Wednesday 20th of May 1981 The socialism I believe in is everyone working for each other, everyone having a share of the rewards. It's the way I see football, the way I see life. Powley Adam Robert Gillan Shankly's Village: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Glenbuck and its Famous Footballing Sons https://books.google.com/books?id=Qe7NCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT162&lpg=PT162&dq=%22The+socialism+I+believe+in+is+everyone+working+for+each+other,+everyone+having+a+share+of+the+rewards.+It%27s+the+way+I+see+football,+the+way+I+see+life.%22&source=bl#v=onepage 2016-08-18 2015 Worthing, UK Pitch 931595421 9781785310706 Disputed Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor. Attributed to Shankly in 2013 , thirty years after Shankly's death. However, very similar sayings are found anonymously from the late twentieth-century. Harrington and Kavanagh, Prayer for Parish Groups: Preparing and Leading Prayer for Group Meetings, p. 32, 1998 External links It's Not Your Leg Son - Book of Shankly Quotes pub. Tangent Books Category:1913 births Category:1981 deaths Category:Soccer players from Scotland Category:Socialists Category:Football (soccer) coaches