112 Quotes by Sven-Goran Eriksson

I always thought I did a good job with England. But people at the time didn't think so. They had had enough of the Swedish guy only making the quarter-finals.

I always treated my players like men.

I would certainly never walk past a player in the corridor and not speak. Why should I do that? They have to play for you so of course I would speak to them. If you want them to do everything they can for you, then you have to treat them with respect.

If Rooney had been Italian, he would have been loved like Francesco Totti was at Roma.

You don't criticise Totti in Italy. There might have been reasons to, sometimes, but you don't touch him.

You look at the way some of the big English players in the past, like Rooney and David Beckham, have been criticised and you have to ask: 'What do you want these players to be?'

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

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.

When you go to a World Cup, the whole nation should be behind the team - and then the team have to play their part, too.