More - Sven Eriksson Quotes

It's the right decision. We are one of the teams who have the potential to do very well in Germany and we have some of the best players in the world. Finishing top of our qualification group with the second-best record in the whole of Europe was a big achievement.

Sven Eriksson

 

We are extremely disappointed that these allegations were ever brought into the public domain, particularly when they had been expressly contradicted by previous statements from Ms Alam.

Sven Eriksson

 Allegations

It's more important now to win and get the three points in Poland.

Sven Eriksson

 

If you are a Swede living in Sweden, Portugal and Italy you don't know much about cricket. We don't understand, we have never played it. If you live in England, you should go to see it at least once to know something about it.

Sven Eriksson

 Cricket

I thought England would be in Group A but Poland came up, so for England it was good. Going to Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Armenia is a long way.

Sven Eriksson

 England

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

Sven Eriksson

 Confidence Courage inspirational

I am delighted that we now know we will be taking part in the World Cup in Germany next year,

Sven Eriksson

 Germany

Did I ever doubt that Beckham should carry on as England captain in the future? No way. I have never doubted that. Of course, I appreciate his apology. I haven't read it exactly, as I was with the team. But that's very good.

Sven Eriksson

 Doubt

All the small football nations are getting better and better. When we played Macedonia everyone thought it was easy but it ended 2-2.

Sven Eriksson

 Football

I should be happy if we can go on playing like we did, I think we played a fantastic game yesterday. If you take away the last three minutes of extra-time, they did exactly what we asked them to do. Knowing the English mentality, I think they will look forward to Thursday.

Sven Eriksson