The Germans are so resilient. They keep at their pattern, they keep playing the way they play, you've really got to grind them down. The Germans work so hard at you across midfield and don't give you the time to see your last pass and they make you settle on the ball and play one-twos.

[on football management] All I had to do was put a team together and give them a way of playing and let them get on with it, which we did.

[on Terry Venables] I've known Terry a very long time . . . he's worked abroad and he's worked in England - he's been out of the game for a little bit of time now which has always surprised me, but he's a very knowledgeable lad.