Gareth Southgate Quotes

Losing the ball is not going to help your team, so I am trying to change that.

I have to play with discipline in midfield.

We need to remember that simply being Inter is not enough to win football matches.

If you play bad, you can win the games, but you have to play good and get the three points.

The key to win is playing defense.

There are few secrets in football. So execute.

Great execution. That's what you have to do when you're playing great teams.

If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas.

I hope we can build our offense and go out there and win games.

Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when Dennis Bergkamp was playing. He seemed to be able to read the game like a chessboard and knew where a player would be several seconds later and put the ball there for him.

You have to win games by scoring points, of course, so that's important. But when you're having nights against a good defensive team, you have to win in a different manner. You have to win a defensive-type game.

There are two real keys to winning. You've got to have good players: no coach won with bad players. You win with good players. That is number one. Number two is, when we are playing, let's say we are playing Michigan, and they had a really good press: we've got to solve that press.

In Test matches, you have to play consistent cricket for a period of time.

My concentration with players is the next match, focus only to work for the next match and how we can win.

When I'm on the field, I really don't focus on fans. I just focus on my responsibility, which is the guy right across from me.

That's the nicest part of football; you can't do everything to stop a player.

It is important to have tough and strong players to win back the ball and give consistency to a team.

I like to control the ball and analyse the game.

In England, you might have a possession game of six v. six, and it's like headless chickens: people running around everywhere just trying to keep the ball and be strong in tackles. But in Spain, you always stay in your position. You're still in your shape for every drill.

I have to open the game from my position. It's really important to play with the ball.

When I was in Italy, I liked to say, no, that the manager, the coach, is like a tailor. A tailor who must build a dress, the best dress for the team.

I think, always, the form of the players is a decisive factor. And a game-plan and the referee. He can influence the game. And in a derby, a cool head is also very important.

In the Premier League, almost everyone is difficult to beat; it depends on how you begin a game and how you play in the game.

You have to win on the ball.

I like it when the team is in control of the match. I like very much the ball possession; I like to play in the other half.