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.
Jose MourinhoRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of evaluating managers based on their ability to achieve success, rather than their tenure or style.
In this quote, Jose Mourinho expresses his belief that the merit of football managers should be judged solely on their effectiveness and results, rather than on their experience or the era in which they operate. This reflects a pragmatic approach to leadership, suggesting that success is the ultimate measure of a managerβs capabilities.
Themes
SuccessManagerEvaluationLeadershipFootball
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about sports management during a conference.
More from Jose Mourinho
All quotes βYou have to work hard AND well. There are a lot of people who work hard but not well.
Jose MourinhoRead
I won't say we have to win. I won't put that pressure. But we can't lose.
Jose MourinhoRead
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.
Jose MourinhoRead
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!
Jose MourinhoRead
I would rather play with 10 men than wait for a player who is late for the bus.
Jose MourinhoRead
Similar quotes
Achievers can almost literally taste success because they imagine their goals in such vivid detail. Setbacks only seem to add spice and favor to the final taste of victory.
Denis WaitleyRead
This is what I find most magnetic about successful givers: they get to the top without cutting others down, finding ways of expanding the pie that benefit themselves and the people around them. Whereas success is zero-sum in a group of takers, in groups of givers, it may be true that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Adam GrantRead
To fulfil the dreams of one's youth; that is the best that can happen to a man. No worldly success can take the place of that.
Willa CatherRead
Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.
Vince LombardiRead
Everything that I do is for sound goals. It comes from my gut. When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut.
Dr. DreRead
Writers have told me more than once that I'm a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I am extremely proud of.
Jack NicklausRead