Jose Mourinho Quotes

It is a team game, we all play for each other; obviously we win and lose as a team, but I like to take the blame when we lose.

My saying is; We win and lose together. I think that really does apply to both my fans, family and the team.

Any captain can only do his best for the team and for cricket. When you are winning, you are a hero. Lose, and the backslappers fade away.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

If I win - I win for all our people, if I lose - I lose only myself.

I do not speak of specific mistakes because when we win, we all win and when we lose we all lose, they are team mistakes.

I always say, whether it's Liverpool or England, it's not just me who is a leader.

Every single player has to take responsibility for what they do. Look at the Manchester United team that won the Champions League in 2008, they didn't have a 'leader' like Roy Keane any more.

During the season, your team should be led with exuberance and excitement. You should live the journey. You should live it right. You should live it together. You should live it shared. You should try to make one another better. You should get on one another if somebody's not doing their part. You should hug one another when they are. You should be disappointed in a loss and exhilarated in a win. It's all about the journey.

Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable.

The best way to serve the individuals on the team is to see that the whole team wins.

I'm a part of a team, and I'm no better or any worse than any single player on this team. That's the approach I've always had and will continue to have. It's not about me. It has never been all about me. If it had, this would have been a really lonely journey.

You have to let your team get all the credit for all the good stuff that happens, and you take responsibility for the bad stuff.

Momofuku is not me. It's everyone. I'm just the facade. We have to exceed expectations and be our harshest critics.

Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.

A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.

The thing a player has to ask himself: 'Do you want to choose winning over standing out?' Dwyane Wade made that choice, and I don't think he gets enough credit.

I know it's not a one man team win or lose.

You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together.

My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me.

So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit.

To say that the captain makes the team lose or win is not correct.

When you're a member of a team, when I was member of a team, whether I ultimately agreed or disagreed, once a president makes a decision, everybody, in my opinion, has to go with that decision, or you shouldn't be a member of the team. Your reputation rises and falls with the person who's the leader of the team.

I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm supposed to do and just trying to help this team win.