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The negative side of football. The negative side of our society. People sometimes go to football and bring to it the negative aspects of our society.

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Jose Mourinho
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 26
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At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions.
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It’s not important how we play. If you have a Ferrari and I have a small car, to beat you in a race I have to break your wheel or put sugar in your tank.
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I studied Italian five hours a day for many months to ensure I could communicate with the players, media and fans. [Claudio] Ranieri had been in England for five years and still struggled to say 'good morning' and 'good afternoon.'
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He is someone I respect [Beckham] as a man and as a player. He is the captain of England and has been a European champion. I have never been critical of him and reports implying that are incorrect as I've never made comments about him
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But the most important part of everything is to be happy.
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So I know all about the ups and downs of football, I know that one day I will be sacked.
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Ronaldinho is better than Cristiano Ronaldo, but neither are as good as Leo Messi. He holds numerous records, such as the most goals scored in a single La Liga season and the most goals scored in a calendar year. I'm more worried about being a good person than being the best football player in the world. He has everything. We must protect him.
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Do you have a brother or cousin in Ivory Coast, because I don't have the money to bring you to Porto.
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There is no pressure at the top. The pressure is being second or third.
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I always think there's our age in ID terms but then there's our real age because for me the real age is not the age on your ID. That's just a date when you were born. The real age, the real ID is your body, your brain, your attitude.
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Three years without a Premiership title? I don't think I would still be in a job.
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The reality is he's a specialist because eight years without a piece of silverware ... that is failure.
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When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game.
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I fell a bit in love with Celtic, because the atmosphere was amazing and the crowd was magnificent, the way they behaved with the Porto fans.
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If I wanted to have an easy job, working with the big protection of what I have already done before, I would have stayed at Porto - beautiful blue chair, the Uefa Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me.
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Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists.
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Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.
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Everybody was waiting for Chelsea not to win every game and one day when we lose there will be a holiday in the country. But we are ready for that.
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But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups.
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The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.
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