Jose Mourinho
I know the questions will be around the money, the amount Chelsea had to spend to bring him here but that's the reality of modern football. Big teams only want big players, big players are in big clubs, big clubs want to keep their big players.Collection: Football
Chelsea are up there with best teams in the world,and let's hope United can join us in quarter-finals.Collection: Team
If a player is not performing, there are two ways of looking at it. You wait for performance to come, or maybe the moment has arrived where you have to change. I could go either way.Collection: Player
I studied Italian five hours a day for many months to ensure I could communicate with the players, media and fans. [Claudio] Ranieri had been in England for five years and still struggled to say 'good morning' and 'good afternoon.'Collection: Morning
When the players think you are strong and that you trust them, it helps them to have a good attitude.Collection: Strong
As we say in Portugal, they brought the bus and they left the bus in front of the goal.Collection: Goal
Without emotional control you cannot play, influence; you cannot react. You have to know what you have to do and not react. You have to be cool.Collection: Emotional
If I had wanted to be protected in a quiet job, I could have stayed at Porto. I would have been second, after God, in the eyes of the fans even if I had never won another thing.Collection: Jobs
The reality is he's a specialist because eight years without a piece of silverware ... that is failure.Collection: Football
Ranieri? He's right in what he says: I am very demanding of myself and I need to win to be secure about things. That's why I've won so many trophies in my career. He, on the other hand, has the mentality of someone who doesn't need to win and at nearly 70 years old he has won a Supercoppa and another small cup. He's too old to change his mindset.Collection: Winning
Everyone has a right to an opinion. I can arrive in England and express my opinion. If criticism were ferocious and without intellectual objectivity they should show me the way to their airport. It is important to have an opinion and not be afraid to express it, knowing there will be criticism.Collection: Airports
To me, attacking football happens when Makelele gets the ball and passes it to the central defender who passes it to the right-back who comes forward and judges the situation. If he can do something he passes forward or runs with the ball, if not he gives it back to Makelele who builds the attack again. That is attacking football. In England attacking football is giving the ball to Makelele and having him hit it forward no matter what, even if everybody is marked.Collection: Football
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.Collection: Soccer
Ten years ago I also had a very difficult decision to make when we had (Carlo) Cudicini giving fantastic performances in Chelsea’s goal for many years. I had in my hands a 22-year-old goalkeeper I thought could be in Chelsea’s goals for years and years and years and this situation is quite similar.Collection: Hands
If Roman Abramovich helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt!Collection: League
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'.Collection: Soccer
Fear is not a word in my football documentary.Collection: Football
You can have the top stars to bring the attention, you can have the best stadium, you can have the best facilities, you can have the most beautiful project in terms of marketing and all this kind of thing. But if you don't win... All the work these people are doing is forgotten.Collection: Motivational
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.Collection: Special
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.Collection: Italian
The only way to stop Messi is to double mark him. One player to stay on him and the other to help out.Collection: Player
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.Collection: Football
If you look at revenge we are still winning three one you know, so I don't think it is a question of revenge, is a question of a personal thingCollection: Revenge
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 himCollection: Player
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.Collection: Believe
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.Collection: Beautiful
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.Collection: Atmosphere
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.Collection: Team
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.Collection: Soccer
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 thisCollection: Fighting
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'Collection: Liars
If I am hated at Barcelona, it is their problem but not mine. Fear is not a word in my football dictionary.Collection: Football
My history as a manager cannot be compared with Frank Rijkaard's history. He has zero trophies and I have a lot of them.Collection: Zero
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.Collection: Attitude
The dog is in Portugal and the city of London is safe.Collection: Soccer
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.Collection: Soccer
It's a pity we can't play in two or three days as I like to play straight away after a bad gameCollection: Games
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.Collection: Football
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.Collection: Football
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.Collection: Football
I think it's clearly the result of something that looks like a campaign.Collection: Football
Dogs bark and the caravan goes by.Collection: Dog
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.Collection: Football
It is like when you go to war: we have to know how our enemies attack and defend.Collection: Soccer
It gave the title to Manchester City - it's as simple as that.Collection: Football
He's a specialist in failure.Collection: Football
Drogba is a fighter. He is the kind of player I would say 'With you I could go to every war.'Collection: Soccer
He is the best. The best in the world, yes. Probably the best ever. I saw Maradona a couple of times. I never saw Pele. But Cristiano is amazing. This man is the best... Cristiano is a goals machine. He is an incredible player. He is like Zidane, there will never be another Ronaldo.Collection: Couple
Let slip the dogs of champions.Collection: Soccer