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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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But the most important part of everything is to be happy.
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I must try to hide my emotions. I have to live with both the victory and the defeat.
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Everyone has a right to an opinion. I can arrive in England and express my opinion. If criticism were ferocious and without intellectual objectivity they should show me the way to their airport. It is important to have an opinion and not be afraid to express it, knowing there will be criticism.
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A player who dives and wins a penalty in Portugal, or Spain or Italy is considered clever, experienced, cunning, someone who understands the game. In England a player who wins a penalty like that is a cheat.
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There is no pressure at the top. The pressure is being second or third.
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The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters.
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If at the end of the season I'm leaving the club, you have the right to come to me and say: 'Jose, you are a liar'
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Football is a game about feelings and intelligence.
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In my teams, when we win, we all win, and when we lose, I lose.
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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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When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started...
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He is the best. The best in the world, yes. Probably the best ever. I saw Maradona a couple of times. I never saw Pele. But Cristiano is amazing. This man is the best... Cristiano is a goals machine. He is an incredible player. He is like Zidane, there will never be another Ronaldo.
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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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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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A great pianist doesn't run around the piano or do push ups with his fingers. To be great, he plays the piano. ...being a footballer is not about running, push-ups or physical work generally. The best way to be a great footballer is to play.
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The best way to stop Messi is when you play with 11 men and then you can double mark him, one player to stay on him and the other to help out. If it is 11 against 10 then you have almost no chance of stopping him.
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I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come.
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Without emotional control you cannot play, influence you cannot react. You have to know what you have to do and not react. You have to be cool.
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