{"id":3772,"date":"2011-03-24T22:57:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T00:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/?p=3772"},"modified":"2012-06-28T00:58:08","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T02:58:08","slug":"16-quotes-and-principles-from-the-greatest-coach-in-the-world-jose-mourinho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2011\/03\/24\/16-quotes-and-principles-from-the-greatest-coach-in-the-world-jose-mourinho\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Quotes And Leadership Principles From The Greatest Coach In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/golrepublic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/jose-mourinho.jpeg?resize=375%2C513\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"513\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is the greatest coach in the world?\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong> <a title=\"9 Reasons For Sustained Excellence: A Study Of The New England\u00c2\u00a0Patriots\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2011\/01\/16\/9-reasons-for-sustained-excellence-a-study-of-the-new-england-patriots\/\">Bill Belichick<\/a>?\u00c2\u00a0 <a title=\"Phil Jackson\" href=\"www.nba.com\/coachfile\/phil_jackson\/\">Phil Jackson<\/a>?\u00c2\u00a0 <a title=\"Tony La Russa\" href=\"www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/larusto01.shtml\">Tony La Russa<\/a>?\u00c2\u00a0 <a title=\"Coach K\" href=\"coachk.com\/\">Mike Krzyzewski<\/a>?\u00c2\u00a0 No, no, no, and no!\u00c2\u00a0<strong> The best coach in the world is<a title=\"Jose Mourinho\" href=\"josemariomourinho.com\/\"> Jose Mourinho<\/a><\/strong>, head coach of soccer’s <a title=\"Real Madrid\" href=\"www.realmadrid.com\/cs\/Satellite\/en\/Home.htm\">Real Madrid<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The March 7th edition of <a title=\"Sports Illustrated\" href=\"sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/\">Sports Illustrated<\/a> profiled “the best coach in any sport, anywhere.”<\/p>\n<p>The resume of this <a title=\"16 Characteristics Of Apex\u00c2\u00a0Leadership\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2011\/01\/07\/16-characteristics-of-apex-leadership\/\">Apex Leader<\/a>:\u00c2\u00a0 In seven full seasons managing Porto, Chelsea, and Inter, he has won 14 major trophies which includes two Champions League titles and six domestic league championships.\u00c2\u00a0 In addition, he has gone nine years without\u00c2\u00a0losing a home league game, a winning streak of 148 matches over four different teams.<\/p>\n<p>The following are the key learnings all leaders can learn from and apply:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Embrace Success<\/strong> – “Everybody wants me to be The Special One.\u00c2\u00a0 But I don’t worry.\u00c2\u00a0 There could be a worse nickname.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>Criteria<\/strong> – “He’s at the top, there’s no doubt about that.\u00c2\u00a0 You have a certain criteria in terms of top management, and that is longevity of success – which is very difficult today – and what you win.\u00c2\u00a0 You have to regard his achievements as really first class.” – <a title=\"Manchester United\" href=\"www.manutd.com\/ - United Kingdom\">Manchester United<\/a> coach Sir Alex Ferguson<\/li>\n<li><strong>Challenge<\/strong> – “Real Madrid wants to be the best – of the present\u00c2\u00a0and future.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s my challenge.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expanded Horizons<\/strong> – Mourinho studies the management styles of Microsoft and Apple.\u00c2\u00a0 He also read Colin Powell, Jackson, and John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Understanding<\/strong> – “A football coach who only understands football is not a great coach.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diversity<\/strong> – “My players are men.\u00c2\u00a0 Men with different personalities, different cultures.\u00c2\u00a0 To deal with this is very important is building a team.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>Universal Adoration<\/strong> – “You can see how close players are with him.\u00c2\u00a0 He has a way of getting into players’ minds as a manager…the kind of man who’s ready to give you all his confidence and trust because he expects that you’ll give it back.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>High Intelligence<\/strong> – Mourinho fluently speaks 5 languages – Portuguese, English, French, Italian, and Spanish.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Customization<\/strong> – Mourinho addresses his team in the language of the team’s country.\u00c2\u00a0 This helps foreign players integrate into the culture they are currently living.\u00c2\u00a0 However, he communicates with each player in their native language.\u00c2\u00a0 Have you heard of anything like that from a leader.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Comfort <\/strong>– “By speaking five languages I can have a special relation with them.\u00c2\u00a0 A player feels more comfortable explaining emotions in a language where he has no doubts.\u00c2\u00a0 So he has no problem to open his heart, to criticize, and to be criticized.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>Humble\u00c2\u00a0Beginnings<\/strong> – Mourinho broke into the business not as a player, but as a translator.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Timing<\/strong> – Mourinho contends the most important moments in games are what he calls “transitions”, going from offense to defense.\u00c2\u00a0 “You must have a great balance.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s why I believe in having\u00c2\u00a0players with the tactical culture to analyze the game.\u00c2\u00a0 All of them have to think the same thing at the same time.”\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Respect <\/strong>– “What Mourinho brings is a newfound respect for the coach, a position that has always been criminally undervalued at Real Madrid.” – Sid Lowe<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adaptability<\/strong> – “At Real Madrid, I am adapting to the qualities of the players.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>Utilizing Talent<\/strong> – “I’ve always had great players, but I’ve never\u00c2\u00a0had a Cristiano Ronaldo.\u00c2\u00a0 Last year Real relied too much on Cristiano to decide things.\u00c2\u00a0 The best thing is not to make him feel responsible for the success or nonsuccess\u00c2\u00a0of the team…He can make the difference when things are very equalized, but behind him he has a structure.\u00c2\u00a0 I think he’s much more comfortable.”<\/li>\n<li><strong>Family<\/strong> – “I have to do what they (wife of\u00c2\u00a021 years Tami and two children)\u00c2\u00a0want (when at home).\u00c2\u00a0 I have to watch he programs they want to see, the movies they want to go to.\u00c2\u00a0 I have to go to wrestling because they enjoy wrestling.”\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Wow!\u00c2\u00a0 You don’t hear thoughts like these coming from many leaders.\u00c2\u00a0 Let me hear from my soccer fans and readers overseas.<\/p>\n<p>To make your voice heard as a leader, click <strong><a title=\"The Leadership\u00c2\u00a0Tribe\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/the-leadership-tribe\/\">The Leadership Tribe<\/a> <\/strong>link.<\/p>\n<p>To automatically receive\u00c2\u00a0future posts on leadership, simply subscribe or\u00c2\u00a0click <a title=\"RSS Feed\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/feed\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is the greatest coach in the world?\u00c2\u00a0 Bill Belichick?\u00c2\u00a0 Phil Jackson?\u00c2\u00a0 Tony La Russa?\u00c2\u00a0 Mike Krzyzewski?\u00c2\u00a0 No, no, no, and no!\u00c2\u00a0 The best coach in the world is Jose Mourinho, head coach of soccer’s Real Madrid.\u00c2\u00a0 The March 7th edition of Sports Illustrated profiled “the best coach in any sport, anywhere.” The resume of 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