Quotes from Sven-Goran Eriksson

Before England, I had never been sacked in my life.

I met Ulrika Jonsson on December 8, 2001, at some party hosted by the Daily Express, or maybe it was the Daily Star. The FA wanted me to travel around to various newspapers to be courteous and meet the editors. I visited the News Of The World too, and met a woman with big, red hair. I didn't memorise her name.

I had a contract with England, it was going to finish, and in football you can't really wait until your contract runs out.

It's always nice to see Brazil playing football.

The Philippines is unfortunately not a football country - basketball is more popular.

The truth is that I never cared about money. Not one bit.

If you travel around the world with David Beckham it's total chaos everywhere you go.

To be the England manager you must win every game, not do anything in your private life and hopefully not earn too much money!

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

England was the biggest coaching job that I had. You know, in England, the football is connected to all the things in a incredible way. I'm very proud to have been there.

Personally, I've never liked confrontation.

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

If my style is typically Swedish, I don't know. But I never shouted in all my life at players and I never did it at my children.

China, if they decide to do something, they do it. Not only in football but whatever it is. If you think about the billion population, there must be Messis or Ronaldos out there. There must be many talented football players out there.

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.

I think if you want be a big team and stay a big team, it costs money. Whether you like it or not, it doesn't matter.

To be a manager, you have to perform always. You cannot live in history. It's now and tomorrow that counts.

Sometimes things go wrong in 'football. You can lose games, own-goals, you can buy the wrong players. But you do it in the right spirit and you do it honestly. That is not how it went wrong at Notts County.

Football is beautiful and cruel.

It is more difficult for any coach to work in the Premier League than any other league. You can lose or win against any team.

Didier Drogba is one of the best strikers in the world and he has showed that for many years now in the Premier League.

I would like to return to the Premier League but I think if you put that question to more or less every manager in the world, then they would like to do it as well.

Ranieri won the Premier League and no one would've expected that.

David Beckham deserves all the respect you can give to him.