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.

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

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.

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.

So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.

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

My history as a manager cannot be compared with Frank Rijkaard's history. He has zero trophies and I have a lot of them.