Jose Mourinho Quotes

The way I use to develop an aerobic condition is three against three, man to man, in a square 20 metres by 20.

I won't say we have to win. I won't put that pressure. But we can't lose.

You 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.

The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters.

When I saw Rijkaard entering the referee's dressing room I couldn't believe it. When Didier Drogba was sent off, I wasn't surprised.

But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups.

Dogs bark and the caravan goes by.

I feel I have a lot to learn from English football and I am completely open to good influences in my way of thinking. But I also have things to give them.

Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

This is football from the 19th century. It's very difficult to play a football match when only one team wants to play. A football match is about two teams playing. I told Big Sam, they need points. To come here the way they did, is that acceptable? Maybe it is, they need points. The only thing I could bring more was Black & Decker - a Black & Decker to destroy the West Ham wall.

Maybe next season we can race.

The only way to stop Messi is to double mark him. One player to stay on him and the other to help out.

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.

I think the best place to work in football is England.

You can have the top stars to bring the attention, you can have the best stadium, you can have the best facilities, you can have the most beautiful project in terms of marketing and all this kind of thing. But if you don't win... All the work these people are doing is forgotten.

I would rather play with 10 men than wait for a player who is late for the bus.

In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto.

So if one day the result becomes 3-3, for me it doesn't change my mind, because it's football, it's normal. What is not normal is that we haven't been scoring enough goals playing such good football as we've been playing in the last few weeks.

Especially when you play at home, you need a good atmosphere behind you.

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.

Would you phone the president of Ghana?

Everybody was waiting for Chelsea not to win every game and one day when we lose there will be a holiday in the country. But we are ready for that.

He is the best. The best in the world, yes. Probably the best ever. I saw Maradona a couple of times. I never saw Pele. But Cristiano is amazing. This man is the best... Cristiano is a goals machine. He is an incredible player. He is like Zidane, there will never be another Ronaldo.

The Porto players were with me for two and a half years, they believed in me, in my methods, in the way we do it. The next day I go and a manager arrives who works completely differently.

Everybody can be smart.

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

If 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.

Football is a game about feelings and intelligence.

With all the stones being thrown against me you could build a monument!

The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.

I know the questions will be around the money, the amount Chelsea had to spend to bring him here but that's the reality of modern football. Big teams only want big players, big players are in big clubs, big clubs want to keep their big players.

I asked the players: 'Do you want to enjoy the game? Or do you want to enjoy after the game?' The players told me they wanted to enjoy after the game so I said: 'OK, then we will enjoy after the game'.

If Messi is the best in the world, it's only because Cristiano is from another planet.

I enjoy the work, I enjoy every minute of my professional life.

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.