Jose Mourinho

Some clubs are treated as devils, some are treated as angels.

I have a lot of respect for Liverpool fans and what I did, the sign of silence – ‘shut your mouth’ – was not for them, it was for the English press.

Look at my haircut. I am ready for the war.

For me, pressure is bird flu. I’m feeling a lot of pressure with the problem in Scotland. It’s not fun and I’m more scared of it than football.

No eggs, no omelette. And it depends on the quality of the eggs. In the supermarket, you have eggs class one, class two, class three. Some are more expensive than others and some give you better omelettes. So when the class one eggs are in Waitrose and you cannot go there, you have a problem.

[on Roman Abramovich] We were never friends – José Mourinho

Where do you go when you’re the best in the world? What’s next?

I am going to fight for important things.

Our strategy [at Chelsea] is to bring up our own players through the academy, which we have invested a lot in, and hope it gives results.

Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can’t do every dream that I have.

The philosophy of FIFA is to expand world soccer space, to spread out the world football space.

It is the small steps which bring you satisfaction at the end of the day.

There are many moments during a match when you are tense, wrestling with yourself. Tennis is a lesson in self-control.

The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves.

For me, pressure is bird flu. I’m feeling a lot of pressure with the problem in Scotland. It’s not fun and I’m more scared of it than football.

I feel that love. I feel that energy. I always felt that energy when I’m playing in New York.

Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.

Its silly to say it about a tennis player, but Im an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place.

I play each point like my life depends on it.

I’m lucky enough to do what I like for work – not everyone’s that fortunate.

The only way of finding a solution is to fight back, to move, to run, and to control that pressure.