Jose Mourinho Quotes

I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.

I like to think I am the best there is at what I do, and so I have conquered the world like Alexander. But I don't believe I am the reincarnation of Alexander the Great.

Even if we achieve gigantic successes in our work, there is no reason whatsoever to feel conceited and arrogant. Modesty helps one to go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

I've got it all: I'm good-looking, I'm educated, I can sing, and I can play rugby. Ridiculous, isn't it?

I told you I'm the best in the world.

I am the greatest of all-time.

If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

My performances have finally caught up with my ego.

To be honored by success is to take your life seriously. To humble-talk about it is to take yourself seriously.

Ego stops you from getting things done and getting people to work with you. That's why I firmly believe that ego and success are not compatible.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don't want anyone back home to think I got the big head.

When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it?

I'm the best in the world.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

I have always thought I was the best ever player.

Everybody in the world knows how good I am.

One thing that I've learned is that you don't have to be a prima donna or think you are better than other people in order to succeed.

I know I'm the best in the world.

I didn't think every day, 'I'm world champion, I'm world champion,' not at all.