My private life has absolutely nothing to do with my football. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
Serie A was the best league in the world when Roma offered me the job of manager in 1984. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
I've always said Crouch is special. He's tall and that makes him special but he is special because he has good feet… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
Football is important, football is my life, I love it but life is more important than football. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
Ranieri won the Premier League and no one would've expected that. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
You don't criticise Totti in Italy. There might have been reasons to, sometimes, but you don't touch him. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
The pressure on the English national team has always been very big at all the big tournaments. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
The treatment of Wayne Rooney told me something about the way England fans view the national team. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
When you go to a World Cup, the whole nation should be behind the team - and then the team have to… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
I would like to return to the Premier League but I think if you put that question to more or less every… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
You know if you go far in the World Cup you are away for almost two months and I think it's against… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
I would certainly never walk past a player in the corridor and not speak. Why should I do that? They have to… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
From 1997 I was at Lazio for three and a half years and they were lucky times - a beautiful time. The… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
I always thought I did a good job with England. But people at the time didn't think so. They had had enough… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
I had a lot of respect for Ferguson. How could you not? He had built so many great teams throughout the years… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
Without big money you can't stay at the top. Maybe you can reach it for one year but you can't if you… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
If I am going to write a book, which I have done, I think we have to get it right - whatever… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
When I was at Shanghai SIPG, I had the Brazilian player Hulk, who had joined for over £50 million from Zenit St… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
If you want to keep up with the changes, then you have to watch as much football as you can. Live is… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
I have a big TV screen and I sit there and watch the Premier League and I get angry sometimes - 'I'm… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
He was magnificent; very clever with outstanding technique. He could pass the ball over five yards or fifty; he could see things… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
My second year in Rome was very good. Back then, a striker was a striker. Strikers scored goals; they didn't defend. Today… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
I must say, the standard of football we play in League Two is better than I thought. I think, if you compared… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
I thought I was prepared for England but I was not prepared for things outside football, my private life. I am not… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
Sir Alex Ferguson was a genuinely nice man. We met many times and even had dinner together on a few occasions. But… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
You don't look for jobs. You don't phone up 10 clubs and say, Here I am. You are offered the job. I… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
With England, every time we lost I was 'not passionate.' But I tried to say we won a lot of games when… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
The Philippines is unfortunately not a football country - basketball is more popular. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
Italian footballers can take a coffee and sit for two hours talking, laughing. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
If Rooney had been Italian, he would have been loved like Francesco Totti was at Roma. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
Yes, England lost to Iceland at Euro 2016 but you need to look at what Iceland had, as well as what England didn't. Maybe… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share
The player picked as No 23 in the squad will not win the World Cup for you. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share
It is more difficult for any coach to work in the Premier League than any other league. You can lose or win against any… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share
Sometimes things go wrong in 'football. You can lose games, own-goals, you can buy the wrong players. But you do it in the right… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share
My second year in Rome was very good. Back then, a striker was a striker. Strikers scored goals; they didn't defend. Today this is… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share
I didn't care: if I liked a woman and wanted to meet her, why shouldn't I be able to? — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share
The first time I met Faria Alam was at the Football Association offices in London. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share
I'd won three cups with Lazio - then, against the odds, we won Serie A, the Italian equivalent of the Premier League. Rome went… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share
I loved managing England more than anything but there were times during those five years when I thought, 'Why did I leave Italy?' because… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share
Many clubs use sports psychologists today. But you have to work with a mental coach for months. You can't just start when you are… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share
