Mourinho wants players to act like public
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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has told his superstars it's time to act like the rest of the public.
Mourinho has told his Chelsea players they must queue at restaurants and pay traffic fines like anyone else - and surround themselves with people who do not idolise them.
"Just a few days ago I told a player of mine that the easy life is not that of one who fails, nor that of the icon of success," said Mourinho in a Portuguese interview.
"The easy life is that of those who survive mediocrity. Managing success is managing your career. It's a mentally dominating society, a society which adores us and which wants our permanent success and pushes us towards it, but it's also a society which envies us and hopes for, often feeds, our failure.
"I advise players to cultivate themselves and surround themselves with people who don't idolise them. I advise their family and friends not to let them lose contact with the real world out there.
"We should go and queue if we want to go to the bank, we should pay the fines if we commit traffic offences, we should wait at the restaurant like others. Others are always fundamental in our perception of the real world."
Mourinho has told his Chelsea players they must queue at restaurants and pay traffic fines like anyone else - and surround themselves with people who do not idolise them.
"Just a few days ago I told a player of mine that the easy life is not that of one who fails, nor that of the icon of success," said Mourinho in a Portuguese interview.
"The easy life is that of those who survive mediocrity. Managing success is managing your career. It's a mentally dominating society, a society which adores us and which wants our permanent success and pushes us towards it, but it's also a society which envies us and hopes for, often feeds, our failure.
"I advise players to cultivate themselves and surround themselves with people who don't idolise them. I advise their family and friends not to let them lose contact with the real world out there.
"We should go and queue if we want to go to the bank, we should pay the fines if we commit traffic offences, we should wait at the restaurant like others. Others are always fundamental in our perception of the real world."
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