Quotes from Gareth Southgate

It's very difficult to pick a 17-year-old who's had 10 minutes of first-team football. You're talking about replacing senior players with some 17-year-olds who haven't played Premier League football.

I'm no David Beckham.

I'm determined to give everything I have to give the country a team that they're proud of and one that they're going to enjoy watching play and develop.

You have to be savvy. You have to be tactically aware, because that's what makes the difference in the big matches.

When you're a leader and a manager, you have to make decisions which are right for your group to achieve the primary objective. Sometimes those decisions will be criticised.

It's an incredible privilege to be the England manager, but when you sit and think about the people who have got to this point before, people I hugely respect and admire... it's difficult to put it into perspective, really.

In a team, you need players who are technically good and can perform under pressure.

I played international football for England, and in many games, we were technically inferior to the opposition.

When you become England manager, the change in profile and interest in what you're doing is on another level.

You can never say you've 'made it,' because that's the day you stop progressing and improving.

I think we have seen evidence that being brave enough to go abroad can lead to a proper opportunity.

I think it's always difficult to go against people with big match experience in finals.

Always, as a coach, you have to be thinking not to flood the players with information. You have to think what's key for the player, for that team, and how do we deliver it in a way that it might stick and have an effect.

First and foremost, I love the job I'm in. I'm proud to be England manager.

I am not sure I will ever wear a waistcoat again, frankly!

You give everything you have, build friendships within your team - in international football, you give everything for your country and play in a way that you hope connects with the fans.

I don't think the qualifying fixtures excite people. They're games against countries that we are expected to beat, rightly so, and then how many we score dictates whether it's a good performance or not.

Always, as a player, you are questioned and challenged about the next step. That's what drives the very best: they want to continually win.

If we are gong to be an outstanding team, we need players who are going to step up in the big moments and realise, every time they play for England, they have the chance to be involved in an iconic moment, a historic performance, and that they have that choice every time they go on the field.

Good decisions are not necessarily playing it short every time you get the ball. The best teams can play longer or have a threat behind or play through or around. They adapt.

It's important to recognise every player is different in their own characteristics, personality, and what they respond to.

As part of their recovery after a match, you want players to stay in the cold water for as long as they can, but naturally, they want to get out. You might have races or games in order to keep them engaged.

Unless you're at a club long enough that can develop a philosophy of playing and recruiting players that fit that way of playing, then you have got to be adaptable.

More expectation is a healthy thing and something we have to embrace.