12 Quotes & Sayings By Jose Mourinho

Jose Mourinho was born in Setúbal, Portugal on December 24, 1963. After spending five years at Porto, Mourinho moved to Benfica, where he won the 1988 European Cup. He then moved to Italy with Inter Milan where he won four Serie A titles and one UEFA Champions League title. Mourinho is the only coach to have won the European Cup three times with different teams (Porto, Chelsea and Inter) Read more

He is also the only coach to have won the Spanish league twice (with Porto and Real Madrid), the Italian league twice (with Inter and Real Madrid) and the English league once (with Chelsea). Mourinho has also won two FA Cups (with Porto) and one Football League Cup (with Chelsea). In December 2008, he became a World Champion as a player when Chelsea defeated Manchester United in Moscow to win the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final.

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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. Jose Mourinho
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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. Jose Mourinho
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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. 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. Jose Mourinho
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Football is a game about feelings and intelligence. Jose Mourinho
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I can have everything I love at the same time. I can have my family, I can have my friends, and I can have my quiet life, which I also like. I can have my football, and I can have everything together, and I don't need to give up one to be better than what I am. Jose Mourinho
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I always say that I need competition, and I need competition every week, and in Spain, I was at an amazing club, but I had four matches a year: Barcelona v Real Madrid, Real Madrid v Barcelona, and after that, we'd win 4-0, 5-0, 4-1, 6-1. Jose Mourinho
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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
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Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings. Jose Mourinho
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Money does not guarantee success. Jose Mourinho
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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. Jose Mourinho