Quotes from Chris Coleman

I won't tolerate players not giving everything they've got.

I don't spend enough time with my children, but when I am with them, I like to help them with their homework - even though they know more than me!

I can remember when I was a 17-year-old at Swansea and Terry Yorath and Tommy Hutchison were in charge.

If you want to become a professional football player at any level, when you're growing up, you have to make sacrifices, and it's very difficult. It's not easy, but you have to train hard, you have to live right, and you have to rest.

Concentration and focus - they are very important, just as important as in anything, I suppose, if you're going to succeed. I've seen a lot of good players on the training ground, but when it comes to the game, they can't keep the same levels up on a Saturday.

Any success I have had has not happened overnight; the journey has never felt like me sitting in the back of a limousine sipping champagne. It has always been more like riding up a hill on a pushbike, and the chain has come off.

Because football is an emotional game, it's full of feeling, and that's why we try to train with a smile on our face. At the same time, we work very hard, but it's a fine line, and you've got to try and get that balance right if you can.

I've got a strong relationship with Kit Symons.

Arsenal and Manchester United play the best football. They're not happy with one goal, they want to win by three.

When you are in an international camp, you are together for 10 days. You eat three times a day together. You spend a lot of time in each other's company. That 10 days is very important ,and I think even times for training, times when you eat, meetings, this that and the other, a lot has got to change in that camp.

I'm really happy for Sam Vokes. He doesn't always start, but he always turns up and works so hard.

For me, the training has to be a mixture of hard work - it has to have a good structure, a good base - but also, I don't want all my players to be like machines.

It's naive of anyone to think there is no corruption in football because it's everywhere.

There's not many Premier League clubs as big as Sunderland, with their fanbase and stadium and facilities.

My best mates are my mates from school, and we have always stayed close.

Northern Ireland, England, Scotland - when we play each other, you don't want to lose to a neighbouring country.

Tournament football is unlike anything else. The campaign can be great, but a finals is a different challenge.

Life is full of surprises and exciting moments and sometimes we simply overlook them. We are so busy doing things.

When a special moment happens, I really enjoy it, but I'm over it quite quickly. I remember it, yes, but I want to chase the next one.

Working abroad made me better.

When I was at Swansea, I lost Alan Davies, who was only 30.

Don't be afraid to have dreams.

The dressing room is not the place where you show emotion.

That's not always a nice feeling when you've given everything, and it's not enough - it's an empty feeling.