自信
「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
「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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“… 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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