If Rooney had been Italian, he would have been loved like Francesco Totti was at Roma. — 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
The Philippines is unfortunately not a football country - basketball is more popular. — 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
Paul Scholes was at home on a cold February day away to Newcastle. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
To be the England manager you must win every game, not do anything in your private life and hopefully not earn too… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
Italian football in the eighties and nineties was the most beautiful league in the world. The hardest, most beautiful of all. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
Probably I would have got more money if I'd stayed in Italy. It was said that I took England for the money.… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
Gerrard is quiet; if he speaks people listen. If he has something to say, it's important and clever. He's a hard worker,… — 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… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
England has always been famous for great goalkeepers, before I came. We had good goalkeepers, but we didn't have the big world-class… — 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
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
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 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
There is so many good people in Africa. And a huge talent among the football players. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
Didier Drogba is one of the best strikers in the world and he has showed that for many years now in the… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
I know Mourinho very well. He has a very strong mentality and is very peculiar man. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
It is more difficult for any coach to work in the Premier League than any other league. You can lose or win… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
The first time I met Faria Alam was at the Football Association offices in London. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
How many Messis do you have in India if they had the chance to play? — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
David Beckham, for me, every time he came to England camps he was an extremely professional football player. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
I have remained a Lazio fan and that was the strongest team I ever coached. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
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. — 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 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
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
My worst moment was in 2006, in Germany, without any doubt! The defeat in the knockout phase of the World Cup 2006 against Portugal. — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
It's not that India, China and the United States need football, but football needs these three countries. Because it will be even… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
After three years with Roma, I spent two seasons at Fiorentina. I could have stayed there for longer, but they only had… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
By April 1998, the fortunes of Lazio were on the rise as they won their first trophy in 24 years. Meanwhile, my… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
In Italy, so long as you are not criminal, they couldn't care less about your private life. It's when you lose a… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
England was the biggest coaching job that I had. You know, in England, the football is connected to all the things in… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
I loved managing England more than anything but there were times during those five years when I thought, 'Why did I leave… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
Sir Alex Ferguson must be very high up on the list of greatest managers ever. Then there is Fabio Capello, and people… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
If you're manager, you're always responsible for the good times and the bad times. Every time you don't win a game you… — 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
