"I can say it was the one [exit] that has hurt me the most," Jose Mourinho told Rio Ferdinand's FIVE show on YouTube about his sacking from AS Roma.
"I gave everything, I gave my heart, I gave even some options that could be considered not very clever from the professional point of view.
"I refused some great working opportunities. The first one was very hard to refuse because it was Portugal national team, probably the best Portugal national team ever and three years before a World Cup.
"Then I had a big one from Saudi and I didn't hide it at the time because it was really big.
"I did it - normally I a very pragmatic in my choices, very professional in my choices and I try to be very emotionally controlled and you could see that when I left other clubs after winning finals.
"In this case I was not pragmatic, I was emotional and I gave everything. So in the end when I left, I left hurt. I had the great feeling that I gave so much happiness to the people.
"Two European finals in a row doesn't happen too often, especially in a club like Roma which doesn't have a big history of European success.
"Then I was walking in the street and the people were like 'take us to Dublin, take us to Dublin' [for this year's Europa League final] and so I had that in my mind, the third European final in a row.
"But you have to respect, the owner is always the owner. It's not the first time I left a club, it is probably the first time I am feeling it in a different way. You move on, you try to learn from the experience, be better for the next one."
Mourinho spent two and a half years at Roma, leading them to their first European trophy by winning the Conference League in 2022.
Now, he's a free agent after being dismissed by the Italian club. Some Chelsea fans even call on the club to bring him back for a third spell.
