Gareth Southgate

Athlete

United Kingdom

1970 - Present

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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.
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
Nobody can tell me that if players are good enough, they will come through. That is not true. There are plenty of players who are good enough.
Gareth Southgate
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.
Gareth Southgate
When you become England manager, the change in profile and interest in what you're doing is on another level.
Gareth Southgate
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.
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
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
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.
Gareth Southgate
Young players will suffer at times and have days when they can't cope or adjust.
Gareth Southgate