But even the Manchester United boss admitted his optimism is stretched when he assesses Harry Maguire's prospects of playing in the Europa League final on Wednesday night.
So much so that he compared himself to hapless movie character Lloyd Christmas who, when told he had 'a one-in-a-million chance' of having a relationship with a woman he had fallen for, only seized upon the last word in that phrase.
Speaking to Sunday newspaper journalists on Friday, Ole quipped:
“I'm like Jim Carrey in Dumb And Dumber, when he said 'You’re telling me there is a chance?