Jose Mourinho Quotes About Football
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I think boring is a team that plays at home and can not score a goal.
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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.
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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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If I am hated at Barcelona, it is their problem but not mine. Fear is not a word in my football dictionary.
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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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The reality is he's a specialist because eight years without a piece of silverware ... that is failure.
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Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winning matches and by winning trophies, they won that respect that the opponent has for them.
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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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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old - maybe 35, who knows?
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It gave the title to Manchester City - it's as simple as that.
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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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I won't say we have to win. I won't put that pressure. But we can't lose.
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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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It is like when you go to war: we have to know how our enemies attack and defend.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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Football is a more beautiful game in high definition.
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Fear is not a word in my football documentary.
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He's a specialist in failure.
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Eleven against eleven they never beat us.
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So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.
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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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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.
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The title race is between two horses and a little horse that needs milk and needs to learn how to jump.
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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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The dog is in Portugal and the city of London is safe.
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Football is a game about feelings and intelligence.
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