Top 158 Quotes & Sayings by Jose Mourinho - Page 3

If you're not a big club, you choose one competition and you fight in that competition and forget the others. Big clubs - we cannot do this

He is someone I respect [Beckham] as a man and as a player. He is the captain of England and has been a European champion. I have never been critical of him and reports implying that are incorrect as I've never made comments about him

My family love living in London. It is a fantastic city and a city such as this deserves to host the Olympic Games.

I remember the first time I saw him play. It was for a Sporting CP youth team. I told my assistant, 'There goes Van Basten's son.' Ronaldo had great technique. He stood out.

He's a specialist in failure.

If at the end of the season I'm leaving the club, you have the right to come to me and say: 'Jose, you are a liar'

A player who dives and wins a penalty in Portugal, or Spain or Italy is considered clever, experienced, cunning, someone who understands the game. In England a player who wins a penalty like that is a cheat.

There are only two ways for me to leave Chelsea. One way is in June 2010 when I finish my contract and if the club doesn’t give me a new one. It is the end of my contract and I am out. The second way is for Chelsea to sack me. The way of the manager leaving the club by deciding to walk away, no chance! I will never do this to Chelsea supporters.

I think boring is a team that plays at home and can not score a goal.

Would you phone the president of Ghana?

I don't have to be jealous of Barcelona because they have 100 years of history and have won the European Cup once. I have only been managing for five years and I have the same amount of Champions League trophies to my name.

The dog is in Portugal and the city of London is safe.

It is like when you go to war: we have to know how our enemies attack and defend.

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

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.

I fell a bit in love with Celtic, because the atmosphere was amazing and the crowd was magnificent, the way they behaved with the Porto fans.

I want to congratulate again Mike Dean. I think his performance was unbelievable and I think when referees have unbelievable performances, I think it's fair that as managers we give them praise. So fantastic performance.

If Ashley Cole is ready we have 15 players for the final. I'll have to choose between Hilario, who's not bad playing forward or I'll bring in one of the kids.

When I was at Porto my team also played in the UEFA Cup final against a Scottish side - but it was Celtic. I've never seen such emotional people. It was unbelievable!

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.

I think it's clearly the result of something that looks like a campaign.

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.

Four wins in four matches. It could not be better... the world is fantastic.

For me pressure is bird flu. I'm serious. I'm feeling a lot of pressure with the problem in Scotland. It's not fun and I'm more scared of it than football. Football is nothing compared with life. For me bird flu is the drama of the last few days. I'll have to buy a mask.

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.

Wenger has been Arsenal's coach for 15 years but he hasn't won even a Carling Cup for six years. Benitez hasn't won a league title in six years but they continue to keep him as Liverpool's coach. This is not the Italian mentality. To stay here I must continue winning and do well.

For Chelsea, I would turn down every job in the world.

Brendan's chihuahua doesn't do that. During the week it sleeps, eats and trains a little bit. So I have to say his chihuahua is a privileged one.

Let slip the dogs of champions.

If I am hated at Barcelona, it is their problem but not mine. Fear is not a word in my football dictionary.

Do you have a brother or cousin in Ivory Coast, because I don't have the money to bring you to Porto.

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

It's a pity we can't play in two or three days as I like to play straight away after a bad game

I always think there's our age in ID terms but then there's our real age because for me the real age is not the age on your ID. That's just a date when you were born. The real age, the real ID is your body, your brain, your attitude.

Maybe next season we can race.

Yes, Manchester United are the best team in England, but you have to ask how good has the Premier League been since I left? If I was at a top club in England I think the title race might have been a lot closer this year.

Eleven against eleven they never beat us.

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.