QUOTABLE QUOTES FROM JOSE MOURINHO, SACKED BY CHELSEA ON THURSDAY.
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"We have top players. I am sorry I am a bit arrogant, we have a top manager ... please don't call me arrogant because what I am saying is true. I'm a - I think I'm a special one." - on his arrival at the club in 2004.
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"I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea." - On Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's attitude towards Chelsea.
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"If they made a film of my life, I think they should get George Clooney to play me. He's a fantastic actor and my wife thinks he would be ideal." - Only a special actor will do for the Special One.
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"I am the happy one. Time flies. It looks like it was a couple of days ago but it was nine years ago ... I have the same heart, the same kind of emotions related to my passion for football and for my job. But of course I'm a different person." - Speaking on his return to the club in 2013.
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"I feel that my work was betrayed if it's the right word ... all last season I did phenomenal work and brought them to a level that is not their level - is more than they really are." - Amid rumours of a player unrest, Mourinho said this after his side's 2-1 loss to Leicester City at the weekend. It turned out to be his last game in charge.
