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

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.

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.

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

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

The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters.

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.

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.

Money does not guarantee success.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

One day he (Einstein) said that the only mechanical force more powerful than steam, electricity and atomic energy is will. That Albert guy was not stupid. With will you can achieve things.