Quotes by Sven-Goran Eriksson

To leave a job with a bad result is, I think, the worst thing in life to do. They will always remember you as a loser.

My parents would make the journey across the border to Norway to buy butter and flour, staples that were cheaper there than in Sweden.

When we fail at something it's because it needs work.

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 Iceland were not technically strong but they looked very strong together and England were not the only ones surprised by them.

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.

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.

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

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?'

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

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