Quotes

[presenting himself as Chelsea's new manager] We have top players and - I apologize if I sound arrogant, a top manager.

[after a couple of months as Chelsea's manager] It's hard to keep up with my ego, but the players just have to live with it.

[as Porto's manager] Football is a game about feelings and intelligence. Everybody can be smart. The trick is not believing the other's stupid.

Ferguson [Alex Ferguson] is right. Money does not guarantee success. I showed that last season when my Porto team beat Manchester United.

[on Tottenham - September 2004] As we say in Portugal, they brought the bus and they left the bus in front of the goal. I would have been frustrated if I had been a supporter who paid £50 to watch this game because Spurs came to defend. There was only one team looking to win, they only came not to concede - it's not fair for the football we played.

Football is a more beautiful game in high definition.

[in 2018] I won more Premierships alone than the other 19 managers together. Three for me... and two for them.

I am the manager of the one of the greatest clubs in the world but I'm also one of the greatest managers in the world.