Autoconfiança
«Por favor, não me chamem arrogante, mas sou campeão europeu e acho que sou especial.»
Tradução de Infinito Mourinho
— Primeira conferência de imprensa como treinador do Chelsea, 2004
«Três Premier Leagues, e ganhei mais Premier Leagues sozinho do que os outros 19 treinadores juntos. … Respeito, respeito, respeito.»
Tradução de Infinito Mourinho
— Manchester United, ao sair da conferência de imprensa depois de perder 0-3 em casa com o 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, a explicar porque deixou o FC Porto, 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 depois de vencer o Manchester United na Liga dos Campeões, 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, depois da eliminação da Liga dos Campeões frente ao Sevilha em Old Trafford, 2018
“I have been here two-and-a-half years, and it was fantastic. We won everything”
— FC Porto, depois de ganhar a final da Liga dos Campeões, 2004
“I am Jose Mourinho and I don't change. I arrive with all my qualities and my defects.”
— Real Madrid, na apresentação no 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 o segundo lugar da época 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, na primeira conferência de imprensa, 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 da final da Taça UEFA contra o 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, depois de perder a final da Taça do Rei com o 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 três jogadores da formação na pré-época, 2014
“I was always humble but you didn't understand that.”
— Tottenham, na primeira conferência de imprensa, questionado se tinha mudado, 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, depois de vencer 2-1 no campo do Barcelona, 2026
“I'm more altruistic, less egocentric. I don't think about me as much.”
— Benfica, na apresentação, sobre como mudou, 2025
“… in Spain the situation is a bit different because some people hate me. And many of you are in this room.”
— Real Madrid, depois de cair nas meias-finais da Liga dos Campeões com o Borussia Dortmund, 2013
“There are lots of poets in football but poets, they don't win many titles.”
— Manchester United, depois de ganhar a final da Liga Europa ao 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, na primeira conferência de imprensa, a responder às críticas sobre os jovens, 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, depois de ganhar a primeira final da Liga Conferência, 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, questionado sobre uma discussão entre dois jogadores ao intervalo, 2020
“This was not work tonight, this was history. We had to write history. We wrote it.”
— Roma, na noite em que ganhou a primeira final da Liga Conferência, 2022
“I miss English football and English football misses me, there's no doubt.”
— Inter, antes dos quartos de final da Liga dos Campeões com o CSKA de Moscovo, 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, depois do primeiro jogo de regresso ao banco, 2025
“What we need is to not negotiate things that are non-negotiable. Commitment is mandatory.”
— Real Madrid, na primeira conferência de imprensa da segunda passagem, 2026
“I won the league title in Portugal, Italy and England, but this one has been the toughest.”
— Real Madrid, depois de conquistar a Liga de 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, numa entrevista à UEFA antes de defrontar o 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, questionado sobre o futuro antes de um jogo da Liga dos Campeões com o FC Porto, 2007
«O que quero dizer aos meus jogadores é que sigam o sonho, sem fazer dele uma obsessão, porque para nós isto é um sonho e não uma obsessão; para o Barcelona não é um sonho, é uma obsessão.»
Tradução de Infinito Mourinho
— Inter, antes da segunda mão da meia-final da Liga dos Campeões em 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, a negar que estivesse infeliz a viver em Manchester, 2016
“The 'Mourinho effect' is winning trophies. It's September; you can't win trophies in September.”
— Fenerbahçe, questionado sobre o «efeito Mourinho» depois de uma vitória na Liga Europa, 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, questionado se mudaria o meio-campo depois das 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, em Stamford Bridge antes de defrontar o Chelsea na Liga dos Campeões, 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, na véspera da final da Liga Conferência, 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, depois de eliminar o Manchester United da Liga dos Campeões em 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, depois de perder 5-0 no campo do 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, depois de ganhar a final da Liga Europa, 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, questionado se o bom arranque os tornava candidatos ao título, 2020
“This is not my home. This is not an easy place to work and be happy.”
— Inter, depois de ganhar a Serie A, uma semana antes da final da Liga dos Campeões, 2010
“You talk of the title and we talk of time, a project, work. Titles are words, easy promises. Titles will come.”
— Roma, na primeira conferência de imprensa, 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, a defender o seu registo no fim da última época, 2013
“If we are playing the most important match in the world we have to be happy.”
— FC Porto, na véspera da final da Liga dos Campeões, 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, depois da vitória em Bolton que deu ao clube o primeiro campeonato em 50 anos, 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, a defender o seu registo depois da eliminação da Liga dos Campeões, 2018
“I learned we can beat anyone because Chelsea are not just 'anyone', they are one of the best.”
— Inter, depois de eliminar o antigo clube, o Chelsea, da Liga dos Campeões em 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, depois da final da Taça de Portugal que completou um triplete, 2003