Jose Mourinho Quotations

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

The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters.

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.

Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winning matches and by winning trophies, they won that respect that the opponent has for them.

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.

Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.

So if one day the result becomes 3-3, for me it doesn't change my mind, because it's football, it's normal. What is not normal is that we haven't been scoring enough goals playing such good football as we've been playing in the last few weeks.

The negative side of football. The negative side of our society. People sometimes go to football and bring to it the negative aspects of our society.

I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies.

The moral of the story is not to listen to those who tell you not to play the violin but stick to the tambourine.

But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups.

The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.

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

Football is a game about feelings and intelligence.

When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started.

I enjoy the work, I enjoy every minute of my professional life.

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.

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.

The team is completely close. Anything you say outside, there is no chance it will go inside. So the team is really strong and compact. We know what we want and how to achieve it on the pitch.

When you just work tactically, in pure football sessions, you can see the way they can think football.

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

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

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.

When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game.

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

At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions.

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

Football is a more beautiful game in high definition.

Especially when you play at home, you need a good atmosphere behind you.

In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents.

The Porto players were with me for two and a half years, they believed in me, in my methods, in the way we do it. The next day I go and a manager arrives who works completely differently.

You see how Spanish, Italians, Portuguese play football. I don't say they are perfect, I say English football has a few things to learn from them in the same way they have a lot of things to learn from English football.

I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come.

In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto.

So when they have Mourinho and Benitez joining the Premiership they should say it's good for us, maybe these guys have something new to give.

I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently.

The way I use to develop an aerobic condition is three against three, man to man, in a square 20 metres by 20.

No, I'm not bitter. The reality is there were two matches where I couldn't work against Bayern Munich.

He has a thigh injury and is not in the squad. Are they liars in the FA? That is the question for you. I have never disciplined Glen Johnson - he is a top professional.

Messi is the best player in the history of football, and that’s why I prefer Barça over Real Madrid.

I think my Italy career is over - it's only right they begin a new era without me. Besides, you have to run a lot under Conte!

I have rejected Juventus four times; it's a beautiful pussy that doesn't get me horny.

I always feel that with a president, an owner - it depends on the structure of the club and the country - the players generally like to see him.

There is always a lot of debate but the reality is in six matches Liverpool have only beaten us once,

A direct red card must be a 101 percent red card and from the position I was it didn't look like that to me.

I want to congratulate again Mike Dean. I think his performance was unbelievable and I think when referees have unbelievable performances, I think it's fair that as managers we give them praise. So fantastic performance.

It gave the title to Manchester City - it's as simple as that.

I think it's clearly the result of something that looks like a campaign.

This is football from the 19th century. It's very difficult to play a football match when only one team wants to play. A football match is about two teams playing. I told Big Sam, they need points. To come here the way they did, is that acceptable? Maybe it is, they need points. The only thing I could bring more was Black & Decker - a Black & Decker to destroy the West Ham wall.

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

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.

It's a pity we can't play in two or three days as I like to play straight away after a bad game

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

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

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

There are only two ways for me to leave Chelsea. One way is in June 2010 when I finish my contract and if the club doesn’t give me a new one. It is the end of my contract and I am out. The second way is for Chelsea to sack me. The way of the manager leaving the club by deciding to walk away, no chance! I will never do this to Chelsea supporters.

But the most important part of everything is to be happy.

He's a specialist in failure.

Brendan's chihuahua doesn't do that. During the week it sleeps, eats and trains a little bit. So I have to say his chihuahua is a privileged one.

There is no pressure at the top. The pressure is being second or third.

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

If I wanted to have an easy job, working with the big protection of what I have already done before, I would have stayed at Porto - beautiful blue chair, the Uefa Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me.

My history as a manager cannot be compared with Frank Rijkaard's history. He has zero trophies and I have a lot of them.

I would rather play with 10 men than wait for a player who is late for the bus.

I intend to give my best, to improve things and to create the football team in relation to my image and my football philosophy. We have top players and, sorry if I'm arrogant, we have a top manager. 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. Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

For Chelsea, I would turn down every job in the world.

Everyone has a right to an opinion. I can arrive in England and express my opinion. If criticism were ferocious and without intellectual objectivity they should show me the way to their airport. It is important to have an opinion and not be afraid to express it, knowing there will be criticism.

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

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

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.

For me pressure is bird flu. I'm serious. I'm feeling a lot of pressure with the problem in Scotland. It's not fun and I'm more scared of it than football. Football is nothing compared with life. For me bird flu is the drama of the last few days. I'll have to buy a mask.

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.

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.

The dog is in Portugal and the city of London is safe.

Eleven against eleven they never beat us.

I asked the players: 'Do you want to enjoy the game? Or do you want to enjoy after the game?' The players told me they wanted to enjoy after the game so I said: 'OK, then we will enjoy after the game'.

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.

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.

Maybe next season we can race.

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

Dogs bark and the caravan goes by.

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.

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

Three years without a Premiership title? I don't think I would still be in a job.

Ronaldinho is better than Cristiano Ronaldo, but neither are as good as Leo Messi. He holds numerous records, such as the most goals scored in a single La Liga season and the most goals scored in a calendar year. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. He has everything. We must protect him.

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

Without emotional control you cannot play, influence; you cannot react. You have to know what you have to do and not react. You have to be cool.

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

When I saw Rijkaard entering the referee's dressing room I couldn't believe it. When Didier Drogba was sent off, I wasn't surprised.

Four wins in four matches. It could not be better... the world is fantastic.

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

Wenger has been Arsenal's coach for 15 years but he hasn't won even a Carling Cup for six years. Benitez hasn't won a league title in six years but they continue to keep him as Liverpool's coach. This is not the Italian mentality. To stay here I must continue winning and do well.

Drogba is a fighter. He is the kind of player I would say 'With you I could go to every war.'

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

When I was at Porto my team also played in the UEFA Cup final against a Scottish side - but it was Celtic. I've never seen such emotional people. It was unbelievable!

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!

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

We are on top at the moment but not because of the club's financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work.

Fear is not a word in my football documentary.