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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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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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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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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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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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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Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.
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I think the best place to work in football is England.
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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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When you just work tactically, in pure football sessions, you can see the way they can think football.
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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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The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters.
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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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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.
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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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You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time.
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I enjoy the work, I enjoy every minute of my professional life.
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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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When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started.