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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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Jose Mourinho
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 26
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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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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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If Roman Abramovich helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt!
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I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently.
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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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Like me or not, I am the only one who has won the world's three most important leagues. So, maybe instead of the 'Special One', people should start calling me the 'Only One'.
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