Sven-Goran Eriksson Quotes

Football is much harder if you don't have the ball.

He has many qualities as a prince, but he is not a surgeon.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

The only real failure in life is the failure to try.

I am quite sure they are a little bit angry, they want revenge. I think they've wanted that since Monday morning. They look forward to the game, they've been waiting several days now so the players will react very well.

Whichever country you are, if you lose games you are criticised. It's only when it's England it's like a new world war.

Scholes was England's best football player. It was impossible to take the ball from him, and he never mishit a pass.

He was magnificent; very clever with outstanding technique. He could pass the ball over five yards or fifty; he could see things to set up other people; he could shoot and he could score goals. If you gave me Paul Scholes and ten others, I would be happy. I would tell them to give him the ball and then we would have a good team.

To be the England manager you must win every game, not do anything in your private life and hopefully not earn too much money!

We need goals when the scoreline is zero zero

You don't look for jobs. You don't phone up 10 clubs and say, Here I am. You are offered the job. I was in Benfica many years ago. I was leaving the training ground and I had a car after me. It went on for 10 minutes. Anyhow, he stopped and I stopped and he said, I'm from the Italian embassy. Ah yes, and what do you want? I want your phone number because Roma wants you as a manager next season. Three months later I was sitting on the bench in Roma. I don't think the rest of working society works like football.

The only way I will leave this job will be because of results. I'm too stubborn to quit because of criticism - too stubborn.