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" In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto. "

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" I enjoy the work, I enjoy every minute of my professional life. "

" When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game. "

" 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. "

" When my kids were young, we could move and experience different countries and, in my case, different clubs and different football, but there is a moment when they need some stability. "

" Everybody can be smart. "

" I remember playing at Old Trafford, and the way to the dugout was always nice. It was never like in other stadiums. "

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

" The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that. "

" Football is a game about feelings and intelligence. "

" The moral of the story is not to listen to those who tell you not to play the violin but stick to the tambourine. "

" Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings. "

" Look at the way teams play against Arsenal. They don't believe they can win. They don't believe. "

" 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. "

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

" At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions. "

" So if one day the result becomes 3-3, for me it doesn't change my mind, because it's football, it's normal. What is not normal is that we haven't been scoring enough goals playing such good football as we've been playing in the last few weeks. "

" I don't know where football will take me because in football, you never know, but for sure, as a family, our home will be in London. "

" I am Jose Mourinho and I don't change. I arrive with all my qualities and my defects. "

" 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. "

" The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession. "

" I think the best place to work in football is England. "

" 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. "

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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. "