José Mourinho Quotes

If I wanted to have an easy job I would have stayed at Porto. Beautiful blue chair, the UEFA Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me.

I know Madrid is a special club. Madrid is politics. Madrid is not about football, Madrid is not about sport, is about many things around.

Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists. Our pitch is a bit like that. From the top it's a disgrace but the ball rolls at normal speed.

It will be the strongest Champions League ever. Every shark will be there.

I am prepared. The more pressure there is, the stronger I am. In Portugal, we say the bigger the ship, the stronger the storm. Fortunately for me, I have always been in big ships. FC Porto was a very big ship in Portugal, Chelsea was also a big ship in England and Inter was a great ship in Italy. Now I'm at Real Madrid, which is considered the biggest ship on the planet.

I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea. [about Arsene Wenger]

Luis Fernández has made this shock [defeat of Barcelona] a war of dogs. I only talk about men, not of rude children.

We would have only lost if there were six Inter players left on the pitch.

During the afternoon it rained only in this stadium - our kitman saw it. There must be a micro-climate here. The pitch was like a swimming pool. **

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

For me, pressure is bird flu. 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.

If I am hated at Barcelona, it is their problem but not mine. Fear is not a word in my football dictionary.

I am no longer Chelsea coach and I do not have to defend them any more, so I think it is correct if I say Drogba is a diver.

My wife is in Portugal with the dog. The dog is with my wife so the city of London is safe, the big threat is away. [After his Yorkshire Terrier had issues with customs.]

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