208 Quotes by Jose Mourinho


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

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    Three years without a Premiership title? I don't think I would still be in a job.

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    Ronaldinho is better than Cristiano Ronaldo, but neither are as good as Leo Messi. He holds numerous records, such as the most goals scored in a single La Liga season and the most goals scored in a calendar year. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. He has everything. We must protect him.

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    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

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    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.

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

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    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.

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