Sven-Goran Eriksson Quotes & Sayings

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

Football is much harder if you don't have the ball. — Sven-Goran Eriksson

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. — Sven-Goran Eriksson

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! — Sven-Goran Eriksson

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 — Sven-Goran Eriksson

He has many qualities as a prince, but he is not a surgeon. — Sven-Goran Eriksson

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

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. — Sven-Goran Eriksson

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. — Sven-Goran Eriksson

We need goals when the scoreline is zero zero — Sven-Goran Eriksson

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

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. — Sven-Goran Eriksson

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

David [Beckham] should think that talking is silver, but being quiet is golden. — Sven-Goran Eriksson

The only real failure in life is the failure to try. — Sven-Goran Eriksson