45 of the Best José Mourinho Quotes (FOOTBALL)

Top 9 Most Famous José Mourinho Quotes (BEST)

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

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

Look, I’m a coach. I’m not Harry Potter. He is magical, but in reality, there is no magic. Magic is fiction and football is real. — Look, I’m a coach. I’m not **Harry Potter**. He is magical, but in reality, there is no magic. Magic is fiction and football is real.

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

I have a problem, which is I’m getting better at everything related to my job since I started.

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

I only talk about men, not of rude children. — I only talk about men, not of rude **children**.

You may as well put a cow in the middle of the pitch, walking. And then stop the game because there was a cow.

If I tell UEFA what I really think and feel, my career would end now. — If I tell UEFA what I really think and feel, my **career** would end now.

11 José Mourinho Quotes on Chelsea FC

“There are only two ways for me to leave Chelsea. One way is in June 2010 when I finish my contract and if the club doesn’t give me a new one. The second way is for Chelsea to sack me. The way of the manager leaving the club by deciding to walk away, no chance! I will never do this to Chelsea supporters.”
José Mourinho

Look, we’re not entertaining I don’t care; we win. — Look, we’re not entertaining? I don’t care; we win.

We are on top at the moment but not because of the club’s financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work. — We are on top at the moment but not because of the club’s financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my **hard work**.

Why have Chelsea suffered so much since I left? Because I left.

If the club decide to sack me because of bad results that’s part of the game. If it happens I will be a millionaire and get another club a couple of months later.

“It’s like having a blanket that is too small for the bed. You pull the blanket up to keep your chest warm and your feet stick out. I cannot buy a bigger blanket because the supermarket is closed. But the blanket is made of cashmere.” ~ on Chelsea’s injury crisis
José Mourinho

My players did not get the respect they deserved from day one to the last day. These are words that I really feel, but now I have a fiction story and let’s try to enjoy it.

When [Chelsea] have somebody who wins four Premier Leagues for them, I’ll be number two. For this moment, ‘Judas’ is number one.

They have to enjoy playing for me and Chelsea but they don’t have to be in love with me.

If Roman Abramovich helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt! — If **Roman Abramovich** helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt!

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

3 José Mourinho Quotes on Arsene Wenger

“If he is right and I am afraid of failure it is because I didn’t fail many times. Eight years without silverware, that’s failure… If I do that in Chelsea, eight years, I leave and don’t come back.”
José Mourinho