I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch. – Jose Mourinho
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. – Jose Mourinho
But I think its more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups. – Jose Mourinho
Im not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that dont. – Jose Mourinho
There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries. – Edith Wharton