Sven-Goran Eriksson quotes:
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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.
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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.
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Football is much harder if you don't have the ball.
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David [Beckham] should think that talking is silver, but being quiet is golden.
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The only real failure in life is the failure to try.
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The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.
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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!
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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
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Scholes was England's best football player. It was impossible to take the ball from him, and he never mishit a pass.
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To be the England manager you must win every game, not do anything in your private life and hopefully not earn too much money!
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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.
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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.
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He has many qualities as a prince, but he is not a surgeon.
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The only way I will leave this job will be because of results. I'm too stubborn to quit because of criticism - too stubborn.
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We need goals when the scoreline is zero zero