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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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Jose Mourinho
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 26
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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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If you're not a big club, you choose one competition and you fight in that competition and forget the others. Big clubs - we cannot do this
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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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I asked the players: 'Do you want to enjoy the game? Or do you want to enjoy after the game?' The players told me they wanted to enjoy after the game so I said: 'OK, then we will enjoy after the game'.
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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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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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With all the stones being thrown against me you could build a monument!
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Look at the way teams play against Arsenal. They don't believe they can win. They don't believe.
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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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I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently.
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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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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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No club moves me from Chelsea until Chelsea wants me to move because I want to be where I am loved.
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I think it's clearly the result of something that looks like a campaign.
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Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winning matches and by winning trophies, they won that respect that the opponent has for them.
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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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The way I use to develop an aerobic condition is three against three, man to man, in a square 20 metres by 20.
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Would you phone the president of Ghana?
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People don't know about football. They think they know about it but they don't know much.
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