Jose Mourinho Quotes

I am Jose Mourinho and I don't change. I arrive with all my qualities and my defects.

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“The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters.”

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“I feel I have a lot to learn from English football and I am completely open to good influences in my way of thinking football. But I also have things to give them.”

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Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.

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Unhappy is a nice word.

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“Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists.”

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Everybody can be smart.

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“I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch.”

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“And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English journalist for the game, most of the game is played with passion, love for football and instinct, but in football you also have to think.”

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“The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.”

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“Look at the way teams play against Arsenal. They don't believe they can win. They don't believe.”

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“I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't.”

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“I think the best place to work in football is England.”

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“You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time.”

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“As we say in Portugal, they brought the bus and they left the bus in front of the goal.”

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“If you want me to rule out ever being Manchester United manager, I can't. Special clubs need special managers, so in theory it could work.”

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“To be the ultimate team, you must use your body and your mind. Draw up on the resources of your teammates. Choose your steps wisely and you will win. Remember, only teams succeed.”

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The reality is he's a specialist because eight years without a piece of silverware ... that is failure.

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“Let slip the dogs of champions.”

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“You can have the top stars to bring the attention, you can have the best stadium, you can have the best facilities, you can have the most beautiful project in terms of marketing and all this kind of thing. But if you don't win ... All the work these people are doing is forgotten.”

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“Instead of speaking about Real Madrid, Mr Wenger should speak about Arsenal and explain how he lost 2-0 against a team in the Champions League for the first time [Braga]. The history about the young kids is getting old now. Sagna, Clichy, Walcott, Fabregas, Song, Nasri, Van Persie, Arshavin are not kids. They are all top players.”

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“We want to follow a dream, yes it's true, but it's one thing to follow a dream and another to follow an obsession ... A dream is more pure than obsession. A dream is about pride.”

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“If Roman Abramovich helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt!”

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“If you look at revenge we are still winning three one you know, so I don't think it is a question of revenge, is a question of a personal thing”

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“Everybody was waiting for Chelsea not to win every game and one day when we lose there will be a holiday in the country. But we are ready for that.”

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“I won't say we have to win. I won't put that pressure. But we can't lose.”

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A player who dives and wins a penalty in Portugal, or Spain or Italy is considered clever, experienced, cunning, someone who understands the game. In England a player who wins a penalty like that is a cheat.

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“It is like when you go to war: we have to know how our enemies attack and defend.”

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If Ashley Cole is ready we have 15 players for the final. I'll have to choose between Hilario, who's not bad playing forward or I'll bring in one of the kids.

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We all want to play great music all the time, but if that is not possible, you have to hit as many right notes as you can.

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It is like having a blanket that is too small for the bed, you pull the blanket up to keep your chest warm, and your feet stick out. I cannot buy a bigger blanket because the supermarket is closed. But the blanket I have is made of cashmere. So it's good.

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“Do you have a brother or cousin in Ivory Coast, because I don't have the money to bring you to Porto.”

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“Maybe next season we can race.”

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“The only way to stop Messi is to double mark him. One player to stay on him and the other to help out.”

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Ranieri? He's right in what he says: I am very demanding of myself and I need to win to be secure about things. That's why I've won so many trophies in my career. He, on the other hand, has the mentality of someone who doesn't need to win and at nearly 70 years old he has won a Supercoppa and another small cup. He's too old to change his mindset.

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“Yes, Manchester United are the best team in England, but you have to ask how good has the Premier League been since I left? If I was at a top club in England I think the title race might have been a lot closer this year.”

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“I must try to hide my emotions. I have to live with both the victory and the defeat.”

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“To me, attacking football happens when Makelele gets the ball and passes it to the central defender who passes it to the right-back who comes forward and judges the situation. If he can do something he passes forward or runs with the ball, if not he gives it back to Makelele who builds the attack again. That is attacking football. In England attacking football is giving the ball to Makelele and having him hit it forward no matter what, even if everybody is marked.”

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“In my teams, when we win, we all win, and when we lose, I lose”

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If I am hated at Barcelona, it is their problem but not mine. Fear is not a word in my football dictionary.

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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old - maybe 35, who knows?

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“I think boring is a team that plays at home and can not score a goal.”

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When the players think you are strong and that you trust them, it helps them to have a good attitude,

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“He is someone I respect [Beckham] as a man and as a player. He is the captain of England and has been a European champion. I have never been critical of him and reports implying that are incorrect as I've never made comments about him”

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“If you're not a big club, you choose one competition and you fight in that competition and forget the others. Big clubs - we cannot do this”

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Football is a game based on emotion and intelligence. Anyone can be clever, the trick is not to think the other guy is stupid.

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I don't have to be jealous of Barcelona because they have 100 years of history and have won the European Cup once. I have only been managing for five years and I have the same amount of Champions League trophies to my name.

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“My family love living in London. It is a fantastic city and a city such as this deserves to host the Olympic Games.”

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“I remember the first time I saw him play. It was for a Sporting CP youth team. I told my assistant, 'There goes Van Basten's son.' Ronaldo had great technique. He stood out.”

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He is the best. The best in the world, yes. Probably the best ever. I saw Maradona a couple of times. I never saw Pele. But Cristiano is amazing. This man is the best ... Cristiano is a goals machine. He is an incredible player. He is like Zidane, there will never be another Ronaldo.

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