"I think my career won't be too long, it will be a shorter career than that of those traditional coaches who are still active at 60 or 65. I don't want any of that," he told sports daily A Bola.

"But I want to live out my career at the highest level of intensity, responsibility, of pressure," he added. "I don't know how to live without pressure anymore."

Mourinho, 43, joined London-based Chelsea in June 2004 from Portuguese side FC Porto in a deal worth 4.2 million pounds a year. He signed a new five-year deal with the London-based club in May 2005.

The Chelsea manager has said he wishes to run the Portuguese national team at some point in his career.