"As he reaches his one-year anniversary as head coach of Manchester United, it is fitting Ruben Amorim genuinely has something to smile about. For if there is one element of the 40-year-old's personality that shines through, no matter how bad things have got over the past 12 months, it is his ability to laugh. Amorim laughed, albeit tinged with embarrassment, when his distinctive phone alarm went off at a news conference in Kuala Lumpur in May."
"Amorim was laughing again before Saturday's trip to Nottingham Forest - which will be exactly one year since he was appointed - as he explained why. "It's my character," he said. "Also, I know a lot of people want to see me arriving here with a face that [shows] I'm suffering. I like to do the opposite. "I will not change who I am. It's how I see things. I live my life like this, always with the feeling something can change.""
Ruben Amorim completed one year as Manchester United head coach while maintaining a consistently jovial, laughing demeanour. He laughed at incidents such as a phone alarm sounding during a Kuala Lumpur news conference and when asked about the Pope after a defeat. He predicted difficulties implementing his ideas with the phrase "the storm will come" yet remained smiling and optimistic. Amorim intentionally resists projecting suffering, saying he will not change who he is and lives with the feeling something can change. He has overseen a season with 22 wins and 21 losses and is viewed as a positive influence at Carrington.
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