- "I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch."
- "If I wanted to have an easy job... I would have stayed at Porto - beautiful blue chair, the Uefa Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me."
- "During the afternoon it rained only in this stadium - our kitman saw it. There must be a micro-climate here."
- "There is no pressure at the top. The pressure's being second or third."



