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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.

Jose Mourinho

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Jose Mourinho
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 26
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Coach
Diplomat
Setubal
Jose Mourinho
José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix
Jose Mario dos Santos Mourinho Felix
The Special One
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