Jose and me

My Q and A with Jose Mourinho ran this morning on SI.com. Here's a link.

It was great to have the chance to have sat down with such an iconic figure as Jose Mourinho. Pretty interesting fellow.

I may have an excerpt or two that didn't run in the story here later.

Awesome

Just got back from my long day out in Beverly Hills. It took me a while to get out there, find the place and make the long commute back to Riverside and pick up my daughters and then deal with them.

Anyway, I had my interview with Jose Mourinho and it was awesome, easily a highlight of my career. I can't remember any other one-on-one interview I've had with such a prominent figure as Mourinho, especially at the height of his own career. It was pretty surreal to, to see a face like his that I normally only see on television and then have him in front of me.

We talked, a lot, for about 25 minutes but you'll have to wait until the story comes out.

After the interview, which was at a prominent ritzy hotel out in Beverly Hills, I went and got my car. I actually valeted it (had no choice). I waited as BMWs, Mercedes-Benzes, a Cadillac Escalade... all these fancy cars for other people and then my Toyota Corolla comes in behind them. Yeah, just a little out of place.

LB and The Special One

As you read this, I'll be somewhere in LA conducting an interview. I've had some pretty memorable one-on-one interviews, exclusives or whatever, but I'm wondering if anything can top this.

I'll be chatting with Jose Mourinho about various things for an upcoming SI.com column. I'm pretty jazzed about it.

I'll let you all know how it went when I get back later this afternoon.