Real Madrid

“Look, I'm a coach, I'm not Harry Potter.”

— Real Madrid, warning fans not to expect miracles after his first league match, 2010

“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, after the Champions League semi-final first-leg defeat by Barcelona, 2011

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

— Real Madrid, at his unveiling at the Santiago Bernabéu, 2010

“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, after losing the Copa del Rey final to Atlético Madrid, 2013

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

— Real Madrid, after going out of the Champions League semi-finals to Borussia Dortmund, 2013

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

— Real Madrid, after clinching the 2011-12 league title, 2012

“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, after a 5-0 defeat at Barcelona, 2010

“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, defending his record near the end of his last season, 2013