Shanks: The Legend Lives On Forever

RON YEATS - Liverpool skipper of the 1960s
"He gave me a lot of confidence. He made any player feel like a great player. If you feel like one, then you'll play like one. Even when we lost, the boss would prove that it was all a mistake - the winning goal was offside, one of our blokes was fouled - that sort of thing.

Another thing is that there were no non-triers in a Shankly team. He wouldn't tolerate any lax attitudes - no matter who you were. We didn't have any stars really - everyone was treated the same."

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JOE MERCER - playing adversary from the 30s and 40s
"From the moment he arrived there's been only one way... up. And this endless success was mirrored in that amazing relationship with the Kop. When he was at Anfield he was the city of Liverpool's answer to vandalism and hooliganism, because the kids came to see Liverpool. They came to see those red shirts and Shankly was their man, their hero, their football god. He belongs to the Kop, he's one of them. If he hadn't managed Liverpool I'm sure he'd have been on the Kop dressed in red, singing and chanting 'Liverpool, Liverpool.' "