Victory over Crystal Palace would be enough to guarantee their first league championship since 2010, but the former Real Madrid coach has no intention of dwelling on success.
"I have replicas of every cup I won and I don't care about the replicas. Or the medals. They're in my houses. I have some in Portugal, some here, some in my son's room. I really don't care," said Mourinho to reporters.
"What stays forever is the feeling, the emotion, the memory of the moment. I have clear in my head every one of these moments I lived.
"What motivated me are the basic things in football like, when you are a kid, you play in the street with your neighbours, three against three, four against four, and you want to win. That's the most pure feeling in football.
"The meaning is the important thing: the feeling, the emotion ... that's what stays with you forever.
"If you are in a championship, you want to win it. It doesn't depend on the level you are. To be champions in the Premier League is not a different feeling to winning the championship in League One, League Two or the Conference. The happiness, also the frustrations ... in terms of human feelings, they're exactly the same.
"But the moment itself, it only lasts for a flash. For that moment a final finishes or the game that gives you the league ends, you have like a flash of the people you love most, the people who are with you, a little bit of the most important moments that lead to that trophy.
"It's like a quick flash. And, with me, five minutes later, I move on. I have to think about next season, to prepare. We need to think about that."
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