Wales coach Chris Coleman said his team are riding the power of "dreams" all the way into the Euro 2016 semifinals after Friday's 3-1 win over Belgium.
Coleman took the Wales job in 2012 following the death of his close friend Gary Speed, then overcame a rough start in his position before recovering not only to qualify to play in France, but shine there as well.
The quarterfinal followed a similar script as Wales erased an early deficit to advance, and Coleman said he could barely believe how far Wales have come in a short time.
"Dream! Don't be afraid to have dreams," he said. "Because four years ago I was as far away from this as you could imagine. And look what's happened.
"If you work hard enough and you're not afraid to dream and you're not afraid to fail. Everbody fails, I've had more failures than I've had success but I'm not afraid to fail.
"And every now and again -- I can't say every now and again because this has never happened to me -- but I'm enjoying it, it's sweet and I think we deserve it."
It wasn't stars Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey who found the goals for Wales, but Ashley Williams, Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Vokes, and Coleman hailed his unlikely heroes.
"I'm really happy for Sam Vokes. He doesn't always start but he always turns up and works so hard," Coleman said.
"For Ashley Williams, he doesn't score many, but what a leader. Hal Robson-Kanu, wow, what a performance.
But Coleman also said his top players make it easy for the rest of his team to shine.
"When you have players like Aaron Ramsey, Gareth Bale and Joe Allen, you've got to play football. Get the best out of your best players, and you get the best out of your team," he said.
"Our only gripe in the England game was we didn't pass the ball -- we have in every other game.
"We wanted to come and show people we can be a very offensive team. And we've done that."
Wales will have to face Portugal without Ramsey and Ben Davies, who will be suspended for the semifinal clash after picking up yellow cards in the win.
"I'm gutted for Aaron. He's been outstanding," Coleman said. "He's been one of the best players of the tournament. He's gutted.
"But we knew we needed to do what needed to be done. We knew we might have to take one for the team. And they've done that.
"It's a bit tough at this level when there's so much on the games. Two yellows in five games can be a bit tight.
"Rambo and Ben are big losses for us. They've done everything their country has asked for them. We wouldn't be sitting here without them. The rules are the rules."
Coleman said no one on his team would be looking past Portugal to a possible final.
"I still don't think about winning the tournament," he said. "The first challenge was get out of the group, then beat Northern Ireland, then best Belgium. Now the next one is Portugal.
"I promise you my players and staff won't be thinking about winning this tournament. They'll be thinking about Portugal."