Quotes & Sayings About Mourinho

If Messi is the best in the world, it's only because Cristiano is from another planet. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

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

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

I hate Mourinho. He's a fool. — Noel Gallagher

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. — Jose Mourinho

You win by effort, by commitment, by ambition, by quality, by expressing yourself individually but in the team context. — Jose Mourinho

I won't say we have to win. I won't put that pressure. But we can't lose. — Jose Mourinho

You don't have to love me. You don't even have to like me, but you will respect me. — Jose Mourinho

Chelsea are up there with best teams in the world,and let's hope United can join us in quarter-finals. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

No club moves me from Chelsea until Chelsea wants me to move because I want to be where I am loved. — Jose Mourinho

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

We'll all see through Mourinho. We'll find out he's just a Bengal lancer. — Eamon Dunphy

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. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

You have to work hard AND well. There are a lot of people who work hard but not well. — Jose Mourinho

"Jose Mourinho is a big star ... he's cool. The first time he met (my wife) he whispered to her: 'Helena you have only one mission. Feed Zlatan, let him sleep, keep him happy' The guy says what he wants. I like him." — Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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

I gave my jersey to Mourinho because he's the best coach in the world and I love him like a father. — Mesut Ozil

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! — Jose Mourinho

The title race is between two horses and a little horse that needs milk and needs to learn how to jump. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

If a player is not performing, there are two ways of looking at it. You wait for performance to come, or maybe the moment has arrived where you have to change. I could go either way. — Jose Mourinho

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

It had not crossed my mind, but maybe it has Mourinho's because that is what Chelsea did two seasons ago to Xabi Alonso. — Rafael Benitez

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. — Jose Mourinho

If England had Fergie, Wenger or Mourinho in charge, they would win the World Cup. — Andy Gray

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

Would you phone the president of Ghana? — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

If at the end of the season I'm leaving the club, you have the right to come to me and say: 'Jose, you are a liar' — Jose Mourinho

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 Mourinho

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

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. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

To me, attacking football happens when Makelele gets the ball and passes it to the central defender who passes it to the right-back who comes forward and judges the situation. If he can do something he passes forward or runs with the ball, if not he gives it back to Makelele who builds the attack again. That is attacking football. In England attacking football is giving the ball to Makelele and having him hit it forward no matter what, even if everybody is marked. — Jose Mourinho

I remember the first time I saw him play. It was for a Sporting CP youth team. I told my assistant, 'There goes Van Basten's son.' Ronaldo had great technique. He stood out. — Jose Mourinho

I do not want a player who is a perfect man and has a fantastic character. That's the kind of guy I want for my daughter as a man. — Jose Mourinho

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

Fear is not a word in my football documentary. — Jose Mourinho

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

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

We want to follow a dream, yes it's true, but it's one thing to follow a dream and another to follow an obsession ... A dream is more pure than obsession. A dream is about pride. — Jose Mourinho

I am prepared. The more pressure there is, the stronger I am. In Portugal, we say the bigger the ship, the stronger the storm. Fortunately for me, I have always been in big ships. FC Porto was a very big ship in Portugal, Chelsea was also a big ship in England and Inter was a great ship in Italy. Now I'm at Real Madrid, which is considered the biggest ship on the planet. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

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

When I take my kids to the zoo in Los Angeles, they always look the longest at the creature that moves the least - especially those in the reptile house. I asked myself: 'Who are the people that are pretty cool but also very still and monotone in their expression?' and I thought of Jose Mourinho. — Julian Sands

know what relationship you're getting with Mourinho: a full-on, passionate, whirlwind affair with some unforgettable nights but absolutely no chance of a lasting marriage. One caveat though: Mourinho's always wanted this job. — Andy Mitten

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. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

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

The longer Jose Mourinho goes on, and on, and on, the more difficult it is for me not to despise him and the set of values he's bringing to football. — Johnny Giles

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

With all the stones being thrown against me you could build a monument! — Jose Mourinho

Pressure? What pressure? Pressure is poor people in the world trying to feed their families. There is no pressure in football — Jose Mourinho

It's not important how we play. If you have a Ferrari and I have a small car, to beat you in a race I have to break your wheel or put sugar in your tank. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

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

Instead of speaking about Real Madrid, Mr Wenger should speak about Arsenal and explain how he lost 2-0 against a team in the Champions League for the first time [Braga]. The history about the young kids is getting old now. Sagna, Clichy, Walcott, Fabregas, Song, Nasri, Van Persie, Arshavin are not kids. They are all top players. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

If you want me to rule out ever being Manchester United manager, I can't. Special clubs need special managers, so in theory it could work. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters. — Jose Mourinho

In my teams, when we win, we all win, and when we lose, I lose — Jose Mourinho

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

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

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

I know the questions will be around the money, the amount Chelsea had to spend to bring him here but that's the reality of modern football. Big teams only want big players, big players are in big clubs, big clubs want to keep their big players. — Jose Mourinho

I fell a bit in love with Celtic, because the atmosphere was amazing and the crowd was magnificent, the way they behaved with the Porto fans. — Jose Mourinho

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

Football is a game about feelings and intelligence. — Jose Mourinho

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

Money does not guarantee success. — Jose Mourinho

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

Jose Mourinho is a big star ... he's cool. — Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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. — Jose Mourinho

Eleven against eleven they never beat us. — Jose Mourinho

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 — Jose Mourinho

Maybe next season we can race. — Jose Mourinho

Ten years ago I also had a very difficult decision to make when we had (Carlo) Cudicini giving fantastic performances in Chelsea's goal for many years. I had in my hands a 22-year-old goalkeeper I thought could be in Chelsea's goals for years and years and years and this situation is quite similar. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

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 — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

Dogs bark and the caravan goes by. — Jose Mourinho

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. — Jose Mourinho

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

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

Everybody can be smart. — Jose Mourinho

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

Unhappy is a nice word. — Jose Mourinho

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

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

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. — Jose Mourinho

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