"The picture people have of me is of an arrogant and tough man which I can accept, but people who work with me know that I'm a defender of team-work.
"I believe I am a good person. I never like to fight, that's the wrong image, but I don't run away from problems, especially when I believe in what I'm doing.
"I'm a man of beliefs and if I believe that I have the truth in my hands then I don't run away from a fight. I have success with the way I organise my life. I don't like to say that I'm a man with two faces, but Jose Mourinho the manager and the man are very different. It's important to separate the man and the manager and I do that very easily."
In a lecture given to coaches as part of his two-day visit to Israel to promote a football peace project, Mourinho also insisted he would bring success to Chelsea even without Roman Abramovich's riches.
The Russian billionaire has invested over £300million in the club in the last two years but, in another dig at Claudio Ranieri, Mourinho said his predecessor had failed to take advantage of that largesse.
He said: "I'm connected to very a special financial administration, this is true, but before I arrived the previous people at the club had exactly the same administration and they did not succeed.
"The finance is not the most important factor. It's a big help but it's more about creating a squad, creating a team.
"It's the biggest lie in football to say that managers need time to have success, because it's a lie we make to protect ourselves. We don't need a lot of time. If from the first day you're working with the right principles you don't need time."
