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" Once, players came to football expecting to be wealthy when they retired. Now, they expect to be wealthy before they've played their first game! "

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" Unhappy is a nice word. "

" 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. "

" Football is a more beautiful game in high definition. "

" 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. "

" You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time. "

" Everybody can be smart. "

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

" When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started. "

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

" And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English journalist for the game, most of the game is played with passion, love for football and instinct, but in football you also have to think. "

" 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. "

" So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" In football, I'm not so old. At 52, maybe I have 20 years in front of me to coach. But I feel myself as... you might say an 'old fox.' Nothing scares me; nothing worries me too much. It looks like nothing new can happen for me. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters. "

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

" In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm not afraid to lose my job, and when you're not afraid, you don't feel any pressures. You are not too worried; you can express yourself in a different way. It makes you better, I think. "

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

" The Porto players were with me for two and a half years, they believed in me, in my methods, in the way we do it. The next day I go and a manager arrives who works completely differently. "

" There has been evolution in many different areas - the way I read the game; the way I prepare the game; the way I train; the methodology... I feel better and better. But there is one point where I cannot change: when I face the media, I am never a hypocrite. "

" I can have everything I love at the same time. I can have my family, I can have my friends, and I can have my quiet life, which I also like. I can have my football, and I can have everything together, and I don't need to give up one to be better than what I am. "

" Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists. "