Jose Mourinho

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.

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

I don’t think we are so ugly that we should be seen as the devil and I don’t think Arsene Wenger and David Dein are so beautiful that they should be viewed as angels.

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

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.

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

I live where I would like to live. I live in Majorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.

Since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to do sports for a living. In the beginning, I played a lot of soccer, but in the end I chose tennis. I love sports in general … But tennis is my passion.

We’ll try and be very aggressive, we’ll try and speed up and change gears, and we’ll see who’s going to win.

However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own

The guy comes up to the plate, there’s always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.

The thing, when you’re down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it’s hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.

I love the crowds in Miami. I feel that is one of the tournaments where I get more support. That helps me a lot.

If you want to belong to the best, you need good technique and, perhaps even more importantly, a good eye. If you see the ball sooner, you have more time to think about how and where to return it.

I used to wear sleeveless T-shirts all the time on court, but now I’ve got a brand new look – I’ve moved on to polo shirts. Sleeveless T-shirts give you real freedom of movement and they keep you cooler in matches, but I just thought it was time for a change.

I normally listen to Spanish music – well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.

My feeling would be that you lose something of the beauty of the Premiership by joining something not defined at the moment.

The favorite is always the No. 1. I can win. Blake can win. But the favorite is the No. 1.

Today people hit the ball with much more strength. Almost every player is capable of playing a winning stroke from any position. This means the balls arrive more quickly. If you want to reach them, you have to slow down from a high speed or suddenly change direction. These are moments when you can injure yourself, and that’s what wears us out.

Girls had never been important. I’d had a girlfriend or two and had liked them a lot but it wasn’t love, because my first love was tennis.

We should try to teach the young people values that are useful to them whether they become professional athletes or not.