Quotes by Jose Mourinho

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José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix is a Portuguese football manager and former football player, who is the current manager of English club Chelsea.
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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.

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Football is a more beautiful game in high definition.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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Unhappy is a nice word.

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

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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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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.

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

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Money does not guarantee success.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameJose Mourinho
  • DescriptionPortuguese football manager and former football player
  • AliasesThe Special One
  • BornJanuary 26, 1963
  • CountryPortugal
  • ProfessionAssociation Football Manager; Association Football Player