Confianza
«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
«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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“I'm more altruistic, less egocentric. I don't think about me as much.”
— Benfica, en su presentación, sobre cómo ha cambiado, 2025
“… 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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