Top 59 Quotes by Jose Mourinho

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.

Money does not guarantee success.

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.

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

In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents.

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.

I'm not afraid to lose my job, and when you're not afraid, you don't feel any pressures. You are not too worried; you can express yourself in a different way. It makes you better, I think.

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

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

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.