Jose Mourinho Quotes
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The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.
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I feel I have a lot to learn from English football and I am completely open to good influences in my way of thinking football. But I also have things to give them.
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I give a lot of instruction in training. It's difficult for me to do the same in matches, so I need guys on the pitch to read the game, to understand what we want.
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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.
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Once, players came to football expecting to be wealthy when they retired. Now, they expect to be wealthy before they've played their first game!
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I need my time to be lonely.
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When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game.
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I have always felt an affinity with Old Trafford; it has hosted some important memories for me in my career, and I have always enjoyed a rapport with the United fans.
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The period before the game can be important to influence opinions, characters, personalities, feelings, and, of course, I use that to touch my players, to touch opponents, to touch supporters.
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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.
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I think the best place to work in football is England.
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Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.
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When you just work tactically, in pure football sessions, you can see the way they can think football.
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I know one of my best qualities is to read the game for my players, is to read the opponent, is to identify every detail about the opponent.
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The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters.
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The way I use to develop an aerobic condition is three against three, man to man, in a square 20 metres by 20.
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So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.
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Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.
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You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time.
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But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups.
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I enjoy the work, I enjoy every minute of my professional life.
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I remember playing at Old Trafford, and the way to the dugout was always nice. It was never like in other stadiums.
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I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently.
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I don't know where football will take me because in football, you never know, but for sure, as a family, our home will be in London.