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 MourinhoI'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 MourinhoA great pianist doesn't run around the piano or do push ups with his fingers. To be great, he plays the piano. ...being a footballer is not about running, push-ups or physical work generally. The best way to be a great footballer is to play.
Jose MourinhoYou 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