Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Gareth Southgate

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.

I was always the captain of every club I played for, so I would expect to be somebody who put themselves forward.

When I think back to what my dreams were as a kid, the only one I had was to play for England.

I didn't like it as a player when I felt a coach was fudging the reasons for leaving me out. As a player, I wanted to know where I was lacking in my game and where I could improve in order to get back in the team.

I guess, at a club, you feel supported. Sometimes, with the national team, it hasn't always felt that way.

When something goes wrong in your life, it doesn't finish you, and you should become braver, knowing that you've got to go for things in life and don't regret because you didn't try to be as good as you might be.

A lot of teams who go on to win trophies lose in quarter-finals or semi-finals first.

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

Sometimes it's not always a good decision to play if people's energy isn't quite there.

The players can associate playing for England with enjoyment, fun, and not being under siege and feeling everything is against them. There's an energy and a connection back. That's important in the short, mid, and long term as well.

I am extremely proud to be appointed England manager. However, I am also conscious getting the job is one thing; now I want to do the job successfully.

Whenever you're in an England shirt, you have an opportunity to make history.

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?

I think one of the important things around tournaments and qualifying tournaments is the jeopardy around it.

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

I'm very conscious I've got a lot of faults, the same as everyone, and I have done plenty of things wrong.

I was probably scarred by getting the sack at Middlesbrough.

You have to cope with expectation if you want to play for England.

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.

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.

If Brexit happens, there will have to be change - whether people want it or not - around work permits. It won't be freedom of movement for European players, so that landscape will change.

Our country has been through some difficult moments recently in terms of its unity. But sport can unite.

We always have to believe in what is possible in life and not be hindered by history or expectations.

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

I'm no David Beckham.

It's impossible to please everybody all of the time, but you just have to believe that you're making decisions for the right reasons.

I have been in sport in different areas for long enough to know what my life is day to day.

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

You don't want to be too proud, to get carried away, but if people give you praise, you don't want to throw it back.

No England international is a practice match. Every time you wear this shirt, it is of importance for you, the country, and the supporters.

In life, there are really complex, difficult jobs, and some are more complicated and difficult than others. But when you look around at inventions, or records that have been broken, you have to tell yourself that anything is possible.

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

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.

It was very painful to be so close to a World Cup final.

Ultimately, playing at international level, at all age groups, is good for a player's development, and that is good for clubs, too.

The world always changes, and teams go through evolutions.

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.

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.

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.

Good teams score late goals.

I think we've always got to have a mind of the feeling for the supporters about the importance of each match. We've got to be careful not to make tournaments too big and then make qualifying too straightforward.

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.

There are lots of statements that have been made and haven't led to change and reform. For me, the broader discussion around racism - education is key.

In the end, success in a shoot-out is being able to perform a particular skill under pressure.

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.

I think I've made decisions for the right reasons, and I've always communicated them in a respectful way. As a manager, you can't do any more than that. I sit comfortably with that. But I've not enjoyed it.

Whenever you name a team and whenever you pick a squad, that is when you have to make the most difficult calls. To tell a player, 'I'm not selecting you, and these are the reasons why...' it's tough.

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

Young players will suffer at times and have days when they can't cope or adjust.

I nearly missed the births of both of my children, and both were around international weeks.

I'm slightly concerned, because as a centre-half who took a lot of knocks to the head I'm not normally synonymous with being a fashion icon.

Harry Maguire's potential is huge.

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

In England, we've spent a bit of time being lost as to what our modern identity is.

In any sport, you're at your best when you're playing without thinking too much.

Results are a consequence of doing things well and having high standards, improving the detail of how we play.

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

You want all players to be free of overthinking. That's when they're in a good place and a good flow.

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

I'm sure at some point in my life, I'll want to go back to club football because people will say, 'Oh well, he did OK as an international manager, but he didn't work as a club manager.'