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" You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time. "
Jose Mourinho
Trophy
Time
Win
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" I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come. "
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" The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters. "
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" Money does not guarantee success. "
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" I enjoy the work, I enjoy every minute of my professional life. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I am Jose Mourinho and I don't change. I arrive with all my qualities and my defects. "
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" 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. "
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" I have always felt an affinity with Old Trafford; it has hosted some important memories for me in my career, and I have always enjoyed a rapport with the United fans. "
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" I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently. "
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" Everybody can be smart. "
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Everybody
" 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. "
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Need
" The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession. "
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Only
Control
" 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. "
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Space
Media
" But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups. "
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" When you just work tactically, in pure football sessions, you can see the way they can think football. "
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" You see how Spanish, Italians, Portuguese play football. I don't say they are perfect, I say English football has a few things to learn from them in the same way they have a lot of things to learn from English football. "
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Learn
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" 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. "
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Experience
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" 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. "
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Passion
" 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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" In football, the only game I know is the 90-minutes game. It's not mind games; I don't try to do that. "
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" I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies. "
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" I know one of my best qualities is to read the game for my players, is to read the opponent, is to identify every detail about the opponent. "
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" Especially when you play at home, you need a good atmosphere behind you. "
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" 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. "
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" Football is a more beautiful game in high definition. "
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" Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one. "
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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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" I need my time to be lonely. "
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