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Jose Mourinho

Jose Mourinho

Football Team Manager · Portuguese · b. 1963

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I don't know where football will take me because in football, you never know, but for sure, as a family, our home will be in London.
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You have to work hard AND well. There are a lot of people who work hard but not well.
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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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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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Once, players came to football expecting to be wealthy when they retired. Now, they expect to be wealthy before they've played their first game!
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I would rather play with 10 men than wait for a player who is late for the bus.
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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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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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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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Look, I'm a coach, I'm not Harry Potter. He is magical, but in reality there is no magic. Magic is fiction and football is real.
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In football, I'm not so old. At 52, maybe I have 20 years in front of me to coach. But I feel myself as... you might say an 'old fox.' Nothing scares me; nothing worries me too much. It looks like nothing new can happen for me.
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Fear is not a word in my football documentary.
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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.
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If Messi is the best in the world, it's only because Cristiano is from another planet.
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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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There has been evolution in many different areas - the way I read the game; the way I prepare the game; the way I train; the methodology... I feel better and better. But there is one point where I cannot change: when I face the media, I am never a hypocrite.
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For Chelsea, I would turn down every job in the world.
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If I had wanted to be protected in a quiet job, I could have stayed at Porto. I would have been second, after God, in the eyes of the fans even if I had never won another thing.
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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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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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In football, the only game I know is the 90-minutes game. It's not mind games; I don't try to do that.
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