José Mourinho Quotes

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

He must really think I'm a great guy. He must think that, because otherwise He would not have given me so much. I have a great family. I work in a place where I've always dreamt of working. He has helped me out so much that He must have a very high opinion of me. [When asked by the Spanish radio network Cope what he believed God thought about him].

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.

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.

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

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

It is clear that I will end my career without having coached Barça.

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

What position is my wife in? Eighth, at least.

We won the tie in Barcelona but everyone talks about Barcelona winning and says we parked the bus in front of the goal. We didn't park the bus, we parked the plane and we did it for two reasons. One, because we only had 10 men and two, because we beat them 3-1 at San Siro, not by parking the bus, or the boat or the airplane but by smashing them.

It's not important how we play. If you have a Ferrari and I have a small car, to beat you in a race I have to break your wheel or put sugar in your tank.

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.

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.

I understand why he [Alex Ferguson] is a bit emotional. He has some top players in the world and they should be doing a lot better than that... You would be sad if your team gets as clearly dominated by opponents who have been built on 10% of the budget.

I told Mr Ferguson that United didn't deserve to leave Stamford Bridge with nothing.