You win by effort, by commitment, by ambition, by quality, by expressing yourself individually but in the team context.
Jose MourinhoThe only way to stop Messi is to double mark him. One player to stay on him and the other to help out.
Jose MourinhoBrendan'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 MourinhoIf 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 MourinhoYou are pushed to behave differently here, you don't really have a choice. If you cheat you have no chance of being admired. Even your own supporters will dislike you. So what do you do? Well, the way is not to be stupid, but not to cheat either. If there is a foul, you have to fall. I call it 'helping the referee to make a decision'. That's not cheating.
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