Sven-Goran Eriksson Quotes

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

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

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

We need goals when the scoreline is zero zero

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

David [Beckham] should think that talking is silver, but being quiet is golden.

It was fantastic for me to see the cheering and clapping and it showed maybe not all of them want me out of a job!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I've always said Crouch is special. He's tall and that makes him special but he is special because he has good feet as well