I'm no David Beckham.

Good teams score late goals.

Harry Maguire's potential is huge.

You're always loath to take a player off of his ability.

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

I am not sure I will ever wear a waistcoat again, frankly!

I was probably scarred by getting the sack at Middlesbrough.

Sometimes you have to make decisions for the bigger picture.

My sole focus is producing the best team possible for England.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't know how you get in the England squad without getting in the Arsenal team.

I want my players to enjoy playing football and not be scarred by the experiences.

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

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

I think it's always difficult to go against people with big match experience in finals.

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

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

Good teams, whatever the circumstances or the atmosphere or the pitch, find a way of playing.

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

You can never say you've 'made it,' because that's the day you stop progressing and improving.

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

I think we have seen evidence that being brave enough to go abroad can lead to a proper opportunity.

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

My priority is, do my players feel supported from within their dressing room by their own federation?

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

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

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

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

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

I manage every player as well as I possibly can, regardless of which club they're from, what their roots are.

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

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

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

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

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.

I'm committed to England, simple as that. I don't need to hedge my bets in keeping doors open or keeping things alive.

Looking at the team sheets, you're never quite sure one weekend to the next who's going to be in a team and who isn't.

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?

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

I don't think, when you are involved with England, you can ever write any game or tournament off - that wouldn't be acceptable.

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

You expect the players to fight for their club and fight for their shirt, and when they come together, they are fighting for England.

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.

If we are encouraging kids to go into academies, then presumably we are selling them the dream that they can play first-team football.

When the positions of so many managers is precarious, and there isn't long-term stability, I can understand why they are loath to risk.

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