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Football team manager

Jose Mourinho, born on January 26, 1963, is a Portuguese football coach renowned for his unique tactical approach and leadership style. He has coached several top clubs, including Real Madrid, Chelsea, and Manchester United. Mourinho has achieved great success in football, winning multiple domestic league titles and international competitions.

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“A great pianist doesn't run around the piano or do push ups with his fingers. To be great, he plays the piano. ...being a footballer is not about running, push-ups or physical work generally. The best way to be a great footballer is to play.”

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“Let slip the dogs of champions.”

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“People don't know about football. They think they know about it but they don't know much.”

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

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

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“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.”

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

Football Brother Managers Soccer Coast Cousin Chairman Ivory Porto

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“Drogba is a fighter. He is the kind of player I would say 'With you I could go to every war.'”

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

Knows War Enemy Know How Football Managers Soccer Chairman

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“Look at my haircut. I am ready for the war. The objective is to win the Premiershp. I don't want to dominate, to finish without defeat, record points or goals or consecutive wins. The Premiership is so difficult you cannot be focused on that. I just think about winning.”

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“We all want to play great music all the time, but if that is not possible, you have to hit as many right notes as you can.”

Ifs Want Play Football Notes Managers Soccer Chairman Great Music

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“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.”

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“It is like having a blanket that is too small for the bed, you pull the blanket up to keep your chest warm, and your feet stick out. I cannot buy a bigger blanket because the supermarket is closed. But the blanket I have is made of cashmere. So it's good.”

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“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.”

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

Cities Dog Football Safe London Managers Soccer Chairman Portugal City Of London

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“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'.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“Eleven against eleven they never beat us.”

Football Beats Managers Soccer Chairman Eleven

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“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.”

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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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“I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently.”

Thinking Easy Managers Italian

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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

Managers Zero Frank Arrogant Trophies

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“I intend to give my best, to improve things and to create the football team in relation to my image and my football philosophy. 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. Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.”

“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.”

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“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.”

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About the Author

Born: January 26, 1963
Known for: Football team manager
Quotes: 136

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