Quotes from Gareth Southgate

Every time a young player comes in, he is excited and wants to prove himself, but also in football, the other players want to prove themselves to any new player that comes in, so that competition is the only way to stimulate performance.

My kids don't think, for one minute, about where people are born, what language they speak, what colour they are. There's an innocence about young people that is only influenced by older people.

We have to make the players who haven't played matches feel valued.

I've often said it's not just the level of your opponent: it's can you handle wearing the shirt and playing for England?

You always have to be conscious of how your words can provide motivation to the opposition.

Whenever people speak, you give the opposition the opportunity to use those words as they see fit.

If you are not constantly improving and learning, then you are going to be stuck and not progress.