Frases y anécdotas

«Por favor, no me llamen arrogante, pero soy campeón de Europa y creo que soy especial.»

Traducción de Infinito Mourinho

— Primera rueda de prensa como entrenador del Chelsea, 2004

«Prefiero no hablar. Si hablo, me meteré en problemas.»

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— Chelsea, preguntado por el árbitro tras perder 1-0 ante el Aston Villa, 2014

«Él es un especialista en el fracaso. Yo no.»

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— Sobre Arsène Wenger, 2014

«Tres Premier Leagues, y he ganado más Premier Leagues yo solo que los otros 19 entrenadores juntos. … Respeto, respeto, respeto.»

Traducción de Infinito Mourinho

— Manchester United, al dejar la rueda de prensa tras perder 0-3 en casa ante el Tottenham, 2018

«Mire, soy entrenador, no soy Harry Potter.»

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— Real Madrid, pidiendo a la afición que no esperara milagros tras su primer partido de Liga, 2010

«Tortillas, huevos. Sin huevos, no hay tortillas. Y depende de la calidad de los huevos.»

Traducción de Infinito Mourinho

— Chelsea, sobre armar un equipo sin fichajes, 2007

“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.”

— Chelsea, explicando por qué dejó el Oporto, 2004

«Los jugadores jóvenes son como los melones. Solo cuando abres y pruebas el melón estás 100% seguro de que el melón es bueno.»

Traducción de Infinito Mourinho

— Sobre la formación de jóvenes

«Como decimos en Portugal, trajeron el autobús y lo dejaron delante de la portería.»

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— Tras un 0-0 ante el Tottenham: nace 'aparcar el autobús', 2004

“It was the most beautiful defeat of my life.”

— Inter, tras clasificarse para la final de la Champions en el Camp Nou con diez, 2010

«Soy el Happy One.»

Traducción de Infinito Mourinho

— En su regreso al Chelsea, 2013

«Esto es fútbol del siglo XIX.»

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— Chelsea, sobre el planteamiento defensivo del West Ham, 2014

“I'm one of you.”

— A la afición del Chelsea, en su primera entrevista tras volver, 2013

“I understand why he is emotional. You would be sad if your team got dominated by opponents who have been built with 10 per cent of your budget.”

— FC Porto, sobre Sir Alex Ferguson tras ganar al Manchester United en la Champions, 2004

«No me gusta la prostitución intelectual, me gusta la honestidad intelectual. … No hemos hablado del Milan, que terminará la temporada con cero títulos.»

Traducción de Infinito Mourinho

— Inter, en rueda de prensa tras la polémica por un penalti ante la Roma, 2009

“At almost 70 years of age has won a Super Cup and another small cup. He is too old to change his mentality.”

— Inter, respondiendo al entrenador de la Juventus, Claudio Ranieri, 2008

“As for Lo Monaco, I do not know who he is. With the name Monaco, I have heard of Bayern Monaco (Munich) and the Monaco GP, the Tibetan Monaco (Monk) and the Principality of Monaco. I've never heard of any others.”

— Inter, respondiendo al consejero delegado del Catania, Pietro Lo Monaco, 2008

“If I tell UEFA what I really think and feel, my career would end now. Instead, I will just ask a question to which I hope one day to get a response: Why? Why Ovrebo? Why Busacca? Why De Bleeckere? Why Stark? Why? Because every semi-final the same things happen.”

— Real Madrid, tras perder la ida de la semifinal de la Champions ante el Barcelona, 2011

«Creo que es una de esas personas que son voyeur. Le gusta mirar a otras personas.»

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— Chelsea, sobre los comentarios de Arsène Wenger acerca del club, 2005

“I've sat in this chair twice before in the Champions League, and I knock Man Utd out at home twice, with Porto - Man Utd out, and with Real Madrid - Man Utd out. So this is nothing new for this football club.”

— Manchester United, tras caer eliminado de la Champions ante el Sevilla en Old Trafford, 2018

“Same coach, different players.”

— Tottenham, preguntado por qué su equipo perdía ventajas, 2021

“Now I am staying, there are no doubts. Even if some rumours emerge, I only want to remain at Roma.”

— Roma, tras ganar la final de la Conference League, 2022

“This shirt is my skin.”

— Fenerbahçe, en su presentación en Estambul, 2024

“I have been here two-and-a-half years, and it was fantastic. We won everything”

— FC Porto, tras ganar la final de la Champions, 2004

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

— Real Madrid, en su presentación en el Santiago Bernabéu, 2010

“This is coming home. Emotionally, it's even better than the first time”

— Real Madrid, en su presentación para una segunda etapa, 2026

“My promise is I will live for Benfica, live for my mission”

— Benfica, en su presentación 25 años después de su primera etapa, 2025

“Our goalkeeper Trubin, who is two metres tall, went into the box and scored a fantastic goal, a historic goal”

— Benfica, tras el gol de cabeza de su portero en el descuento para ganar 4-2 al Real Madrid en la Champions, 2026

“I won eight championships and three Premier Leagues but I keep saying and thinking and feeling that second position last season was one of my biggest achievements in the game.”

— Manchester United, sobre el segundo puesto de la temporada anterior, 2018

“Just as an example, Hegel says the truth is in the whole, it's always in the whole that you find the truth.”

— Manchester United, respondiendo a las críticas en rueda de prensa, 2018

“Don't ask me what mistakes they are but I realise that during my career I have made mistakes. And I'm not going to make the same mistakes. I'm going to make new mistakes.”

— Tottenham, en su primera rueda de prensa, 2019

“It was an intense, vibrant game with a referee who seemed Spanish. It was yellow, yellow, yellow all the time.”

— Roma, tras perder la final de la Europa League ante el Sevilla en los penaltis, 2023

“From the moment I signed my contract, your dreams are now my dreams.”

— Fenerbahçe, ante la afición en su presentación, 2024

“It is no secret that I want to go abroad one day, and this UEFA Cup final can mean a lot. If you win a European competition, people know your name and recognise your work.”

— FC Porto, antes de la final de la Copa de la UEFA ante el Celtic, 2003

“I think that in two years maximum a team has to be playing in the image of their coach, doing things with their eyes closed and that isn't about having people working together for years. It's about hard work and good practice sessions.”

— FC Porto, sobre cuánto tarda un entrenador en dar forma a un equipo, 2003

“I learned a lot from Bobby Robson and a great deal from Louis Van Gaal as well. Nothing was left to chance, everything was programmed in great detail.”

— Inter, antes de la final de la Champions ante el Bayern de Van Gaal, recordando sus años en el Barcelona, 2010

«No soy un idiota.»

Traducción de Infinito Mourinho

— Inter, en su primera rueda de prensa, en dialecto milanés, 2008

“The third season is a failure. This is the worst season of my life. For many coaches it would be good, but for me it's terrible.”

— Real Madrid, tras perder la final de la Copa del Rey ante el Atlético de Madrid, 2013

«Dos caballos y un caballito. Un caballito que necesita leche y aprender a saltar.»

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— Chelsea, tras ganar al Manchester City, sobre la lucha por el título, 2014

“My conscience tells me that if, for example, Baker, Brown and Solanke are not national team players in a few years, I should blame myself.”

— Chelsea, sobre tres canteranos en la pretemporada, 2014

“I was always humble but you didn't understand that.”

— Tottenham, en su primera rueda de prensa, preguntado si había cambiado, 2019

“I promised him that [if he scored] I would buy him a pair of shoes that he really likes, that cost €800. … He came over to me and told me not to forget that. Tomorrow morning, I will go and buy them.”

— Roma, tras el doblete del joven de 18 años Felix Afena-Gyan en Génova, 2021

“If we win today but lose at El Sardinero, it counts for nothing, because Madrid isn't playing to win at the Camp Nou.”

— Real Madrid, tras ganar 1-2 en el campo del Barcelona, 2026

“If we have referees like this one in every match of the title contenders, the championship will be a beautiful championship and the winner will deserve to win.”

— Fenerbahçe, elogiando al árbitro tras perder 1-0 el derbi ante el Beşiktaş, 2024

“I think we still have a chance to win that league because maybe they punish Man City with points and maybe we win that league and they have to pay me the bonus and give me the medal.”

— Fenerbahçe, bromeando sobre la Premier League 2017-18 antes de enfrentarse al Manchester United, 2024

“I'm more altruistic, less egocentric. I don't think about me as much.”

— Benfica, en su presentación, sobre cómo ha cambiado, 2025

“As for the bicycle in Switzerland. It was in a hotel, made up of small houses, which makes them available so guests can ride to the communal areas, and you would have us believe he was competing in the Tour of Switzerland.”

— Real Madrid, defendiendo a Kylian Mbappé de las críticas, 2026

“… in Spain the situation is a bit different because some people hate me. And many of you are in this room.”

— Real Madrid, tras caer en las semifinales de la Champions ante el Borussia Dortmund, 2013

“There are lots of poets in football but poets, they don't win many titles.”

— Manchester United, tras ganar la final de la Europa League ante el Ajax, 2017

“Do you know how many players I have brought through from the academy to the first team? Forty-nine. If anyone is interested I can give you the names.”

— Manchester United, en su primera rueda de prensa, respondiendo a las críticas sobre los jóvenes, 2016

“I love intelligent ball boys, like I was. I was a brilliant ball boy as a kid. This kid today was brilliant. He reads the game, understands the game and made an important assist.”

— Tottenham, elogiando al recogepelotas cuyo saque rápido propició un empate ante el Olympiacos, 2019

“For me, pressure is bird flu; I am feeling a lot of pressure with the swan in Scotland.”

— Chelsea, preguntado por la presión de la lucha por el título, 2006

“It is one thing to win when everyone expects it, when you made the investments to win, but it's quite another to win when something feels immortal, that feels truly special.”

— Roma, tras ganar la primera final de la Conference League, 2022

“You know, I think boring is 10 years without a title. That's very boring.”

— Chelsea, tras empatar 0-0 ante el Arsenal, respondiendo a los cánticos de «aburrido» de la afición local, 2015

“A team of good boys, a team of nice boys, the only thing they can win at the end of the season is the Fair Play Cup. Something I have never won and have no interest in winning that.”

— Tottenham, preguntado por una discusión entre dos de sus jugadores en el descanso, 2020

“So the stats, many, many times are like an incredible piece of meat or fish but badly cooked. It doesn't tell me much.”

— Tottenham, respondiendo a las críticas por la poca posesión de su equipo ante el Liverpool, 2020

“This was not work tonight, this was history. We had to write history. We wrote it.”

— Roma, la noche en que ganó la primera final de la Conference League, 2022

“Because when you win, the family is always there around you. But when you don't win, it can be a different story. This club has always been – something I didn't realise, but now I do – a very special club, with very special people.”

— Roma, agradeciendo a la afición tras empatar en casa ante el Venezia, 2022

“I miss English football and English football misses me, there's no doubt.”

— Inter, antes de los cuartos de final de la Champions ante el CSKA de Moscú, 2010

“What I will promise is that we will not go to Manchester and play defensive football.”

— FC Porto, tras ganar 2-1 al Manchester United en la ida de la Champions, 2004

“The best thing I have to do is when I leave Fenerbahce, I go to a club that doesn't play in UEFA competition. So, if any club in England from the bottom of the table needs a coach in two years, I'm ready to go.”

— Fenerbahçe, bromeando tras ser expulsado ante el Manchester United, 2024

“At the end of the game, I thought about the 25 years that have flown by, but 25 years that have not changed my nature, that have not changed my passion, that have not changed my way of being, of living, that have not changed anything at all.”

— Benfica, tras su primer partido de vuelta en el banquillo, 2025

“What we need is to not negotiate things that are non-negotiable. Commitment is mandatory.”

— Real Madrid, en su primera rueda de prensa de su segunda etapa, 2026

“I won the league title in Portugal, Italy and England, but this one has been the toughest.”

— Real Madrid, tras ganar la Liga 2011-12, 2012

“I always say that they can steal everything from me, but the story I created, no one can take away from me.”

— Benfica, en una entrevista con la UEFA antes de jugar ante el Chelsea, 2025

“The best way to respect the game is to play well, to play to win.”

— FC Porto, antes de la Supercopa de Europa ante el AC Milan, 2003

“If you don't bring kids through the academy, the best thing is to close the academy. If the kids are not good enough or the work not good enough, and you don't bring kids through, then close the door and use the money to buy players.”

— Chelsea, antes de un partido de Champions en el que hizo debutar a un canterano, 2014

“If the club decides to sack me because of bad results, that's part of the game. If that happens, I'll be a millionaire and I will get another club a couple of months later.”

— Chelsea, preguntado por su futuro antes de un partido de Champions ante el Oporto, 2007

«Lo que quiero decirles a mis jugadores es que sigan el sueño, que no lo conviertan en una obsesión, porque para nosotros esto es un sueño y no una obsesión; para el Barcelona no es un sueño, es una obsesión.»

Traducción de Infinito Mourinho

— Inter, antes de la vuelta de la semifinal de la Champions en el Camp Nou, 2010

“I don't go to cities to enjoy cities, I go to work. If I wanted to enjoy places I would go to Los Angeles and go to the beach every day.”

— Manchester United, negando que no fuera feliz viviendo en Mánchester, 2016

“The 'Mourinho effect' is winning trophies. It's September; you can't win trophies in September.”

— Fenerbahçe, preguntado por el «efecto Mourinho» tras ganar en la Europa League, 2024

“I know that Mike Dean has a difficult job. He's on the pitch and it's 200 miles an hour. I wouldn't like to be a referee because it's so difficult. Sometimes I try in training sessions and I realise that it's too difficult.”

— Tottenham, defendiendo al árbitro tras ganar al Manchester City, 2020

“The day will come when polls, or AI, pick the team. But until then, I think, coaches pick the team and take decisions...”

— Real Madrid, preguntado si cambiaría su centro del campo tras las críticas, 2026

“I am part of their history and they are part of my history. I helped them become a bigger Chelsea and they helped me to become a bigger Jose.”

— Benfica, en Stamford Bridge antes de enfrentarse al Chelsea en la Champions, 2025

“The Special One story doesn't make any sense. It's something that was said at the beginning of my career. But, as you progress, you grow and you think more about helping others rather than yourself. So that's ancient history for me. Tomorrow I'll just try to help others.”

— Roma, en la víspera de la final de la Conference League, 2022

“We played well in a difficult atmosphere and being in the quarter-finals is amazing for us. It's fantastic not only for the club and the players but also for the country.”

— FC Porto, tras eliminar al Manchester United de la Champions en Old Trafford, 2004

“But I think the best debut for a young player is in the middle of an experienced structure, where he can be supported. To play so many kids at the same time, honestly, I don't think it's good.”

— Manchester United, sobre alinear a varios canteranos a la vez, 2017

“One team played to their potential and one didn't. Loss, yes - humiliation, no. It was a defeat we deserved, we just weren't good enough.”

— Real Madrid, tras perder 5-0 en el campo del Barcelona, 2010

“Normally, a coach is loved after victories. In this case I feel that I am loved before victories.”

— Fenerbahçe, ante la afición en su presentación, 2024

“For me, it is the most important trophy of my career because it is the last. That's the way I look at things.”

— Manchester United, tras ganar la final de la Europa League, 2017

“The signal of close your mouth was not for them but for the press. They speak too much and in my opinion they try to do everything to disturb Chelsea. Wait, don't speak too soon.”

— Chelsea, explicando su gesto en la final de la Copa de la Liga ganada al Liverpool, 2005

“I don't have another way to thank them than by giving everything I have, which I have always, which I will do always. It's the only way to thank them for this reaction.”

— Chelsea, agradeciendo a la afición que coreó su nombre en una mala racha, 2015

“No no no. I have years of football experience and it is not a couple of victories that put me on the moon and it is not a couple of defeats that send me down to hell.”

— Tottenham, preguntado si el buen inicio los convertía en candidatos al título, 2020

“This is not my home. This is not an easy place to work and be happy.”

— Inter, tras ganar la Serie A, una semana antes de la final de la Champions, 2010

“I leave with the conviction that, more than just a moment, we have forged a lasting bond: my player for a day, my player for life.”

— Benfica, en su mensaje de despedida a los jugadores, 2026

“The first half was the coach's fault; the second half was the players' fault.”

— Real Madrid, tras remontar un 3-1 y ganar 3-4 en Roma en la Champions, 2026

“I trust all the referees... whether it's the league or Champions League, before the game I always have the best feelings about the referees.”

— Real Madrid, en su rueda de prensa en Roma antes del partido de Champions, 2026

“You talk of the title and we talk of time, a project, work. Titles are words, easy promises. Titles will come.”

— Roma, en su primera rueda de prensa, 2021

“I have 25 coins, I throw the coins in the air. The ones that stay on the table are the players that play, the ones that go on the floor, go on the bench. I do it just like this. During the week I'm having fun, I go to nightclubs every day in Istanbul. It's simple.”

— Fenerbahçe, respuesta sarcástica a una pregunta sobre sus rotaciones, 2025

“It is my fault: I have won so, so, so much it is hard to live up to those expectations. But the points record in the league is mine and no one can take that away.”

— Real Madrid, defendiendo su trayectoria al final de su última temporada, 2013

“If we are playing the most important match in the world we have to be happy.”

— FC Porto, en la víspera de la final de la Champions, 2004

“I really like this squad and looking to the young players – there is not one manager in the world that doesn't like to play young players and to help young players to develop – not one.”

— Tottenham, en su primera entrevista tras ser nombrado, 2019

“Nobody speaking with fairness and sense can say we don't deserve this title. But the players deserve this more than anybody and I'm very happy for the fans.”

— Chelsea, tras la victoria en Bolton que dio al club su primera liga en 50 años, 2005

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

— Chelsea, tras perder en Newcastle, sobre la pérdida de tiempo, 2014

“I'm not going to run away, disappear, cry, because I heard a few boos. I won't disappear from the tunnel running immediately, the next match I'll be first to go out.”

— Manchester United, defendiendo su trayectoria tras caer en la Champions, 2018

“Because for me you can only play attacking football when you have the ball. You need the ball. When the opposition has the ball you have to defend.”

— Manchester United, preguntado por qué su equipo solo atacaba cuando perdía, 2018

“I learned we can beat anyone because Chelsea are not just 'anyone', they are one of the best.”

— Inter, tras eliminar a su exequipo, el Chelsea, de la Champions en Stamford Bridge, 2010

“This is a giant club without the trophy room in relation to the social dimension of the club. So, this is not a trophy, it's only the final but it means a lot for them.”

— Roma, tras alcanzar la primera final europea del club en 31 años, 2022

“There are no words to explain the feeling. We have won all the competitions, of course I am very happy.”

— FC Porto, tras la final de la Copa de Portugal que completó un triplete, 2003

“Today the stadium was full – not full of people, full of real support – and it looks like the love that people have for the club is bigger than bad results, bigger than three bad seasons.”

— Manchester United, elogiando a la afición de Old Trafford tras ganar en la Copa de la Liga, 2016