Jose Mourinho
Quotes by Jose Mourinho
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For me, your real age is not the age on your ID. That's just a date when you were born.
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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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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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I remember playing at Old Trafford, and the way to the dugout was always nice. It was never like in other stadiums.
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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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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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The period before the game can be important to influence opinions, characters, personalities, feelings, and, of course, I use that to touch my players, to touch opponents, to touch supporters.
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The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters.
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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.
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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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I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies.
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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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Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists.
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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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I'm not afraid to lose my job, and when you're not afraid, you don't feel any pressures. You are not too worried; you can express yourself in a different way. It makes you better, I think.
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