The Chelsea boss maintains that his determination to look forwards and not back means that it eclipses even the greatest European triumphs he has previously masterminded.
'The most important game of my career is the next one. The other ones are in the club museum. My medals are somewhere at home, I don't know where they are,' he said on Friday, insisting that he was not being disingenuous.
'Do I look stupid? This cup final is the most important of my career, more important than the Champions League. More important than the other cups I've played before. I don't think about the consequences, I just think about this game. We have a final to win on Sunday and nothing else matters.'
Mourinho, still seething over the absence of Nemanja Matic after his ban for retaliating against Burnley's Ashley Barnes, feels it is vital that the team he is currently fashioning get used to winning on the biggest stage.
'With a new team and people who have not had dozens of finals at Wembley, we will try and bring this generation of players and this new side to make Wembley something normal for us. 'Normal' in the sense that we will try and get there year after year.'
Mourinho's insatiable appetite for winning means that, despite the significance he is placing on what is traditionally the poor relation of Wembley finals he will not see it as something which defines the season.
'The emotions remain 24 hours. We play Sunday, on Monday we have to train again. We have to think about the game on Wednesday. We have no time for stupid celebrations, we can't be crying for a week also.'
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