#mouriola

[lory-stuff]

rivalry is a spectrum

[zingaplanet]

Today I'm thinking of rivalries, of the unique bond treading the thin line between enemies and soulmates, of being on the opposite sides of each other's best triumphs and worst losses, of the only half of the whole that understands:

“There are people who manage to sell an image of themselves completely different to mine, but deep down (we) are the same.”

-Jose Mourinho on Pep Guardiola

"Tennis is a tough sport, there's no draws, but if there was gonna be one, I would have been very happy to accept the draw tonight and share it with you."

- Roger Federer on defeating Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final.

"You have to fight hard again, just like we both used to do on the track. Do me a favour: just this once don't try to beat the clock. You don't have to post your best time in this race.

Take all the time you need."

- Mika Hakkinen's letter to Michael Schumacher after his 9 years comma inducing accident.

"It was very painful, when he died. It felt as if a part of me was taken away from me, was ripped off." 

- Alain Prost on Ayrton Senna's death

He and I are closer than friends. We are enemies linked together. The same sin binds us. -Oscar Wilde

[zingaplanet]

As far as old memories go.

[zingaplanet]

Ok breaking news:

Pique has given us the tea: Pep did leave Barca at that time to a certain extent because Mourinho's gotten to his head and he was kind of sick at the toxicity of it all. Gerard said the Barca players at the the time were obviously affected by the rivalry, but Pep and Mou were on a whole different level and seems to almost play a mindgame of their own. He says it seems that Pep ended up hating football a little bit after those early 2010 el clasico years.

Talk abou complicated relationship guys: The Pep-Mou saga was apparently much more toxic than we imagined it to be lol