Sven-Goran Eriksson Quotes

• The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

  Sven-Goran Eriksson

  Inspirational, Confidence, Motivation

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• Football is much harder if you don't have the ball.

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  Football, Balls, Sweden

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• The only real failure in life is the failure to try.

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  Inspirational, Softball, Real

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• We need goals when the scoreline is zero zero

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  Zero, Goal, Needs

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• The only way I will leave this job will be because of results. I'm too stubborn to quit because of criticism - too stubborn.

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  Jobs, Criticism, Stubborn

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

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  Winning, Games, Hopefully Not

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• David [Beckham] should think that talking is silver, but being quiet is golden.

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  Thinking, Talking, Golden

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• Whichever country you are, if you lose games you are criticised. It's only when it's England it's like a new world war.

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  Soccer, Football, Country

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• You don't look for jobs. You don't phone up 10 clubs and say, Here I am. You are offered the job. I was in Benfica many years ago. I was leaving the training ground and I had a car after me. It went on for 10 minutes. Anyhow, he stopped and I stopped and he said, I'm from the Italian embassy. Ah yes, and what do you want? I want your phone number because Roma wants you as a manager next season. Three months later I was sitting on the bench in Roma. I don't think the rest of working society works like football.

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  Soccer, Football, Jobs

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• He has many qualities as a prince, but he is not a surgeon.

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  Soccer, Football, Quality

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• Scholes was England's best football player. It was impossible to take the ball from him, and he never mishit a pass.

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  Football, Player, England

  "Sven: My Story". Book by Sven-Göran Eriksson, www.telegraph.co.uk. 2013.

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• He was magnificent; very clever with outstanding technique. He could pass the ball over five yards or fifty; he could see things to set up other people; he could shoot and he could score goals. If you gave me Paul Scholes and ten others, I would be happy. I would tell them to give him the ball and then we would have a good team.

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  Clever, Team, Giving

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• I've always said Crouch is special. He's tall and that makes him special but he is special because he has good feet as well

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  Feet, Special, Said

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• It was fantastic for me to see the cheering and clapping and it showed maybe not all of them want me out of a job!

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  Jobs, Cheer, Want

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• I am quite sure they are a little bit angry, they want revenge. I think they've wanted that since Monday morning. They look forward to the game, they've been waiting several days now so the players will react very well.

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  Monday, Morning, Revenge

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