208 Quotes by Jose Mourinho

He’s a specialist in failure.

But I think it’s more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups.

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.

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

Look, I’m a coach, I’m not Harry Potter. He is magical, but in reality there is no magic. Magic is fiction and football is real.

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.

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.

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.

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’