Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho admits there are few competitions in the world of football that can compare to the FA Cup.
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The Portuguese tactician was last able to lift the coveted title with Chelsea in 2007 after Didier Drogba's goal proved decisive in the final against Manchester United.
The Galacticos tactician has also lifted the Champions League trophy, the Premier League crown and the La Liga title in his managerial career, but believes England's FA Cup "represents the passion of football."
"I know what I felt when I had to go up the Wembley stairs to get The FA Cup," he said in a video message to the Football Association ahead of the launch of its 150th anniversary celebrations.
"The FA Cup represents the passion of football. It represents clean football. It represents the good smell of football.
"If you are in England, you feel it. You feel proud to be in football - even in the worst moments.
"That's pure football. That's the football you play as a kid in the street transported through time and space into organised competition and into the real world of football."
This season's FA Cup is currently at the third-round stage, with a host of replays set to take place this week, while Mourinho's former club Chelsea booked their place in the next phase after thrashing Southampton 5-1.
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