Jose Mourinho Quotes

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

Good, Christmas, Father

Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists.
Jose Mourinho

Beautiful, Sometimes, Ugly

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

Respect, Winning, Football

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

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

Special, Champion, Call

And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English journalist for the game, most of the game is played with passion, love for football and instinct, but in football you also have to think.
Jose Mourinho

Love, Game, Football

I am Jose Mourinho and I don't change. I arrive with all my qualities and my defects.
Jose Mourinho

Change, Qualities, Defects

I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies.
Jose Mourinho

Hate, Win, Speak

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

Work, Best, Football

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.
Jose Mourinho

Change, Good, Mind

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

Time, Selfish, Here

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

Strong, Team, Chance

Football is a game about feelings and intelligence.
Jose Mourinho

Game, Football, Feelings

Money does not guarantee success.
Jose Mourinho

Success, Money, Guarantee

Look at the way teams play against Arsenal. They don't believe they can win. They don't believe.
Jose Mourinho

Win, Play, Against

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

Football, Downs, Sacked

You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time.
Jose Mourinho

Time, Win, Trophy

Unhappy is a nice word.
Jose Mourinho

Nice, Word, Unhappy

You 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

Football, Perfect, Play

Everybody can be smart.
Jose Mourinho

Smart, Everybody

Football is a more beautiful game in high definition.
Jose Mourinho

Beautiful, Game, Football

So when they have Mourinho and Benitez joining the Premiership they should say it's good for us, maybe these guys have something new to give.
Jose Mourinho

Good, Give, Maybe

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.
Jose Mourinho

Game, Control, Possession

The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters.
Jose Mourinho

Control, Cannot, Supporters

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.
Jose Mourinho

Time, Strong, Same

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Biography

Nationality: Portuguese

Type: Coach

Born: January 26, 1963

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