Few, if any, would disagree with that description of Jamie Carragher.
It comes from Jan Molby in episode two of ‘Premier League Heroes’ – which premieres this evening with the story of the man who has made the second-highest number of appearances in the club’s history.
Carragher left nothing on the pitch across his 737 games for the Reds, with his fierce tackling and astute reading of the game matched by an enormous desire to drive his team to success.
He tasted plenty of it, too: the drama of Champions League glory in 2005 and the cup treble of 2001, plus another FA Cup and two more League Cups to boot.