名言とエピソード

「傲慢だとは言わないでほしい。だが私は欧州王者であり、自分はスペシャル・ワンだと思っている。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— チェルシー監督としての最初の記者会見、2004

「話さないでおきたい。話せば、面倒なことになる。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— チェルシー。アウェーでアストン・ヴィラに0-1で敗れたあと、審判について問われて、2014

「彼は失敗のスペシャリストだ。私は違う。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— アーセン・ヴェンゲルについて、2014

「プレミアリーグ優勝3回。私1人で、ほかの19人の監督を合わせたよりも多くプレミアリーグを制している。…リスペクト、リスペクト、リスペクトだ。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— マンチェスター・ユナイテッド。ホームでトッテナムに0-3で敗れたあと、記者会見の場を立ち去りながら、2018

「いいかい、私は監督であって、ハリー・ポッターではない。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— レアル・マドリード。最初のリーグ戦のあと、奇跡を期待しないようファンに釘を刺して、2010

「オムレツと卵だ。卵がなければオムレツはできない。そして、それは卵の質次第だ。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— チェルシー。新戦力の補強なしでのチームづくりについて、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.”

— チェルシー。ポルトを離れた理由を説明して、2004

「若い選手はメロンのようなものだ。切って味わってみて初めて、そのメロンがいいものだと100%確信できる。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— 若手選手の育成について

「ポルトガルで言うように、彼らはバスを持ってきて、そのバスをゴールの前に置いていった。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— トッテナム戦の0-0のあと。「バスを停める」という表現が生まれた場面、2004

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

— インテル。10人でカンプ・ノウを戦い、CL決勝進出を決めたあと、2010

「私はハッピー・ワンだ。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— チェルシー復帰について、2013

「これは19世紀のサッカーだ。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— チェルシー。ウェストハムの守備的な戦い方について、2014

“I'm one of you.”

— チェルシーのファンへ。復帰後最初のインタビューで、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ポルト。CLでマンチェスター・ユナイテッドに勝ったあと、サー・アレックス・ファーガソンについて、2004

「知的な売春は好きではない。好きなのは知的な誠実さだ。…タイトルゼロでシーズンを終えるミランのことは、話題になっていない。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— インテル。ローマ戦のPKをめぐる騒動のあとの記者会見で、2009

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

— インテル。ユヴェントスのクラウディオ・ラニエリ監督に応じて、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.”

— インテル。カターニアのCEO、ピエトロ・ロ・モナコに応じて、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.”

— レアル・マドリード。CL準決勝第1戦でバルセロナに敗れたあと、2011

「彼はのぞき魔のたぐいの人間だと思う。他人を眺めるのが好きなんだ。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— チェルシー。クラブに関するアーセン・ヴェンゲルの発言について、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.”

— マンチェスター・ユナイテッド。オールド・トラッフォードでセビージャに敗れ、CL敗退が決まったあと、2018

“Same coach, different players.”

— トッテナム。チームがリードを守れない理由を問われて、2021

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

— ローマ。UEFAヨーロッパ・カンファレンスリーグ決勝に勝ったあと、2022

“This shirt is my skin.”

— フェネルバフチェ。イスタンブールでの就任披露で、2024

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

— FCポルト。CL決勝に勝ったあと、2004

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

— レアル・マドリード。サンティアゴ・ベルナベウでの就任披露で、2010

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

— レアル・マドリード。第2期の就任会見で、2026

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

— ベンフィカ。第1期から25年後の就任会見で、2025

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

— ベンフィカ。CLで、GKの終盤のヘディングでレアル・マドリードに4-2で勝ったあと、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.”

— マンチェスター・ユナイテッド。前のシーズンの2位を振り返って、2018

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

— マンチェスター・ユナイテッド。記者会見で批判に答えて、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.”

— トッテナム。最初の記者会見で、2019

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

— ローマ。UEFAヨーロッパリーグ決勝でセビージャにPK戦で敗れたあと、2023

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

— フェネルバフチェ。就任披露でファンに向けて、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ポルト。セルティックとのUEFAカップ決勝の前に、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ポルト。監督がどれだけ早くチームを形づくるべきかについて、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.”

— インテル。ファン・ハール率いるバイエルンとのCL決勝の前に、バルセロナ時代を振り返って、2010

「私はばかではない。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— インテル。最初の記者会見で、ミラノ方言で、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.”

— レアル・マドリード。コパ・デル・レイ決勝でアトレティコ・マドリードに敗れたあと、2013

「2頭の馬と1頭の子馬だ。ミルクが必要で、跳び方を覚えなければならない子馬だ。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— チェルシー。アウェーでマンチェスター・シティに勝ったあと、優勝争いについて、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.”

— チェルシー。プレシーズンの3人のアカデミー出身選手について、2014

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

— トッテナム。最初の記者会見で、変わったかと問われて、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.”

— ローマ。アウェーのジェノア戦で18歳のフェリックス・アフェナ・ギャンが2得点したあと、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.”

— レアル・マドリード。アウェーでバルセロナに2-1で勝ったあと、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.”

— フェネルバフチェ。アウェーのベシクタシュとのダービーで0-1で敗れたあと、審判をほめて、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.”

— フェネルバフチェ。マンチェスター・ユナイテッド戦の前に、2017-18シーズンのプレミアリーグ優勝について冗談を言って、2024

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

— ベンフィカ。就任会見で、自身の変化について、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.”

— レアル・マドリード。キリアン・エムバペを批判から擁護して、2026

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

— レアル・マドリード。CL準決勝でボルシア・ドルトムントに敗れて敗退したあと、2013

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

— マンチェスター・ユナイテッド。UEFAヨーロッパリーグ決勝でアヤックスに勝ったあと、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.”

— マンチェスター・ユナイテッド。最初の記者会見で、若手起用をめぐる批判に答えて、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.”

— トッテナム。オリンピアコス戦で素早くボールを渡して同点ゴールにつなげたボールボーイをほめて、2019

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

— チェルシー。優勝争いの重圧について問われて、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.”

— ローマ。第1回UEFAヨーロッパ・カンファレンスリーグ決勝に勝ったあと、2022

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

— チェルシー。アウェーのアーセナル戦を0-0で引き分けたあと、ホームのファンの「退屈」というチャントに答えて、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.”

— トッテナム。ハーフタイムに起きた選手2人の口論について問われて、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.”

— トッテナム。アウェーのリヴァプール戦でボール保持率が低かったことへの批判に答えて、2020

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

— ローマ。第1回UEFAヨーロッパ・カンファレンスリーグ決勝に勝った夜に、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.”

— ローマ。ホームでヴェネツィアと引き分けたあと、ファンに感謝して、2022

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

— インテル。CSKAモスクワとのCL準々決勝の前に、2010

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

— FCポルト。CLの第1戦でマンチェスター・ユナイテッドに2-1で勝ったあと、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.”

— フェネルバフチェ。マンチェスター・ユナイテッド戦で退席処分を受けたあと、冗談を言って、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.”

— ベンフィカ。復帰後最初の試合のあと、2025

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

— レアル・マドリード。第2期最初の記者会見で、2026

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

— レアル・マドリード。2011-12シーズンのリーグ優勝を決めたあと、2012

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

— ベンフィカ。チェルシー戦の前に、UEFAのインタビューで、2025

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

— FCポルト。ACミランとのUEFAスーパーカップの前に、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.”

— チェルシー。アカデミー出身選手をデビューさせたCLの試合の前に、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.”

— チェルシー。ポルトとのCLの試合の前に、自身の去就について問われて、2007

「選手たちに言いたいのは、夢を追え、だがそれを執念にするな、ということだ。我々にとってこれは夢であって、執念ではない。バルセロナにとっては夢ではなく、執念なのだ。」

訳：Infinito Mourinho

— インテル。カンプ・ノウでのCL準決勝第2戦の前に、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.”

— マンチェスター・ユナイテッド。マンチェスターでの生活に不満があるという見方を否定して、2016

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

— フェネルバフチェ。UEFAヨーロッパリーグでの勝利のあと、「モウリーニョ効果」について問われて、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.”

— トッテナム。マンチェスター・シティに勝ったあと、審判を擁護して、2020

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

— レアル・マドリード。批判を受けて中盤を変えるかと問われて、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.”

— ベンフィカ。CLのチェルシー戦を前に、スタンフォード・ブリッジで、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.”

— ローマ。UEFAヨーロッパ・カンファレンスリーグ決勝の前日に、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ポルト。オールド・トラッフォードでマンチェスター・ユナイテッドをCLから敗退させたあと、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.”

— マンチェスター・ユナイテッド。アカデミー出身選手を同時に何人も起用したことについて、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.”

— レアル・マドリード。アウェーでバルセロナに0-5で敗れたあと、2010

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

— フェネルバフチェ。就任披露でファンに向けて、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.”

— マンチェスター・ユナイテッド。UEFAヨーロッパリーグ決勝に勝ったあと、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.”

— チェルシー。リヴァプールに勝ったリーグカップ決勝での自身のジェスチャーを説明して、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.”

— チェルシー。苦しい時期に自分の名前を歌ったファンに感謝して、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.”

— トッテナム。好調な滑り出しで優勝候補になったかと問われて、2020

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

— インテル。セリエA優勝を決めたあと。CL決勝の1週間前、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.”

— ベンフィカ。選手たちへの別れのメッセージで、2026

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

— レアル・マドリード。CLのアウェーのローマ戦で1-3のビハインドから逆転し、4-3で勝ったあと、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.”

— レアル・マドリード。CLの試合の前に、ローマでの記者会見で、2026

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

— ローマ。最初の記者会見で、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.”

— フェネルバフチェ。ローテーションについての質問への皮肉を込めた返答、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.”

— レアル・マドリード。最後のシーズンの終盤に、自身の実績を擁護して、2013

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

— FCポルト。CL決勝の前日に、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.”

— トッテナム。就任後最初のインタビューで、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.”

— チェルシー。アウェーのボルトン戦に勝ち、クラブにとって50年ぶりのリーグ優勝を決めたあと、2005

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

— チェルシー。アウェーでニューカッスルに敗れたあと、時間稼ぎについて、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.”

— マンチェスター・ユナイテッド。CL敗退のあと、自身の実績を擁護して、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.”

— マンチェスター・ユナイテッド。リードされたときしか攻めない理由を問われて、2018

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

— インテル。スタンフォード・ブリッジで古巣チェルシーをCLから敗退させたあと、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.”

— ローマ。クラブにとって31年ぶりの欧州カップ戦決勝進出を決めたあと、2022

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

— FCポルト。3冠を達成したタッサ・デ・ポルトガル決勝のあと、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.”

— マンチェスター・ユナイテッド。リーグカップでの勝利のあと、オールド・トラッフォードの観衆をほめて、2016