1. "A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe that you are the best and then make sure that you are. In my time at Liverpool we always said we had the best two teams in Merseyside, Liverpool and Liverpool reserves." Bill Shankly

2. "Should the aggregate score be level after 90 minutes, extra time will be played." Fulham's matchday programme for the second leg of the Littlewoods Cup tie in 1986-87. Liverpool were 10-0 up from the first leg

3."Before, I said that they were maybe the best supporters in England. Now maybe they are the best supporters in Europe."

4. "We murdered them 0-0." Bill Shankly

5. "When I've got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along." Bill Shankly

6. "My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Napoleon had that idea. He wanted to conquer the bloody world. I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable. My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in."Bill Shankly

7. "Take that bandage off. And what do you mean about YOUR knee? It's Liverpool's knee!" Bill Shankly to Tommy Smith, who had a bandage on his injured knee

8. "Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool." Bill Shankly

9. "Liverpool are magic. Everton are tragic." Emlyn Hughes

10. "Before, I said that they were maybe the best supporters in England. Now maybe they are the best supporters in Europe."

11. "The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they don't know the game." Bill Shankly

12. "If Everton were playing at the bottom of the garden, I'd pull the curtains." Bill Shankly

13. "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." Bill Shankly

14. "He couldn't play anyway. I only wanted him for the reserve team!" Bill Shankly upon hearing Celtic's Lou Macari had snubbed Liverpool in favour of a move to Manchester United."

15. "Don't worry Alan. At least you'll be able to play close to a great team!" Bill Shankly to Alan Ball after he signed for Everton

16. "It's there to remind our lads who they're playing for, and to remind the opposition who they're playing against." Bill Shankly about the 'This is Anfield' plaque

17. "The difference between Everton and the Queen Mary is that Everton carry more passengers!" Bill Shankly

18. "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 of people who like each other." Bill Shankly on the fans

19. "If he isn't named Footballer of the Year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to the Kremlin" Bill Shankly on Tommy Smith

20. “Ladies and Gentlemen, yesterday at Wembley we might have lost the Cup but you the Liverpool people have won everything. You have won the admiration of the policemen in London and you have won the admiration of the public in London." Bill Shankly after losing the FA Cup in 1971 to Arsenal

21. "Mind you, I've been here during the bad times too - one year we came second." Bob Paisley

22. "Winning trophies has made me put on weight." Rafael Benitez

23. "To work hard and have our supporters behind us and believing until the end, you run a little bit more"

24. "I wished him good luck. He's a good manager and his English is better than I thought. [on Rafa Benitez]" Gerard Houllier

25. "It's best being a striker. If you miss five then score the winner, you're a hero. The goalkeeper can play a blinder, then let one in… and he's a villain." Ian Rush

26. "How can I think of leaving Liverpool after a night like this? [on winning the Champions League]" Steven Gerrard

27. "We all speak English, but Carragher talks very strange English(the best))))"Stephane Henchoz, ex Liverpool player

28. ''Football is not a matter of life or death, It's more important than that.''Bill Shankly