但是这句利物浦传奇教练比尔·香克利的名言,在他的理解更多是精神层面的,原句“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.”从字面上理解是“有些人觉得足球与生存和死亡相关,我对他们的态度很失望。我可以明确告诉你,足球比生死重要很多。”