Gareth Southgate Quotes

Gareth Southgate

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 3, 1970

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

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.

Gareth Southgate

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.

Gareth Southgate

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.

Gareth Southgate

Good teams score late goals.

Gareth Southgate

Harry Maguire's potential is huge.

Gareth Southgate

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?

Gareth Southgate

I was probably scarred by getting the sack at Middlesbrough.

Gareth Southgate

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.

Gareth Southgate

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

Gareth Southgate

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

Gareth Southgate

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

Gareth Southgate

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.'

Gareth Southgate

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.

Gareth Southgate

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

Gareth Southgate

I'm no David Beckham.

Gareth Southgate

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.

Gareth Southgate

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

Gareth Southgate

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.

Gareth Southgate

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.

Gareth Southgate