Sven-Goran Eriksson

“You don't give Capello advice. Capello's a better talker than listener.”

“As a football man, I always want the best team.”

“The treatment of Wayne Rooney told me something about the way England fans view the national team.”

“David Beckham, for me, every time he came to England camps he was an extremely professional football player.”

“Ranieri won the Premier League and no one would've expected that.”

“I had a lot of respect for Ferguson. How could you not? He had built so many great teams throughout the years and I appreciated that his teams always tried to play attacking, positive football.”

“If I am going to write a book, which I have done, I think we have to get it right - whatever has been written about me, about football, about my private life.”

“If you are the coach of Bayern Munich, Barcelona or Real Madrid, the chances to win something are huge. When you go to the Premier League, you have six, seven, eight teams who are fighting to win.”

“Italian football in the eighties and nineties was the most beautiful league in the world. The hardest, most beautiful of all.”

“I don't feel like I'm a failure for what I did with England. No I don't feel like that.”

“I had a contract with England, it was going to finish, and in football you can't really wait until your contract runs out.”

“Over time I realised that the most important thing is not the system but the players you have. Then you make a system for them.”

“The truth is that I never cared about money. Not one bit.”

“There is so many good people in Africa. And a huge talent among the football players.”

“Premier League is one thing. World Cup is totally different.”

“Probably I would have got more money if I'd stayed in Italy. It was said that I took England for the money. Absolutely not. I took it because it's the biggest football job in the world, the finest job you can have. I enjoyed it every day.”

“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 in the World Cup.”

“I have two great children, even if they don't live with me.”

“My private life has absolutely nothing to do with my football.”

“I loved managing England more than anything but there were times during those five years when I thought, 'Why did I leave Italy?' because you are criticised so much.”