George Best Quotes
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Don't die like I did.
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I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.
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If I had been born ugly, you would have never heard of Pele
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I will respect this liver. After all, it's not mine.
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Pain is temporary, glory...lasts forever!
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I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted
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They say Paul Gascoigne is the new George Best but has he shagged three Miss Worlds?
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I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.
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I always wanted more - more of everything.
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He can't kick with his left foot, he can't head a ball, he can't tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that he's all right.
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That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.
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To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point.
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Every team has a hard man. We has Nobby Stiles, Chelsea had Chopper, Arsenal had Peter Storey, Liverpool had Tommy Smith. Leeds had eleven of them
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I even found it difficult to watch myself playing on TV because I couldn't identify with the person on the screen. I couldn't get to grips with it. It was as if it was all happening to someone else.
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I never went out in the morning with the intention of getting drunk. It just happened.
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If I had to choose between dribbling past 5 players and scoring from 40 yards at Anfield or shagging miss world, it'd be a hard choice. Thankfully, i've done both
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Maybe 'loner' is too strong a word, but I've always enjoyed being on my own.
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There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. A great entertainer needs to have charisma.
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That's what children do - throw food. That's not fighting. We were real men. We'd have chinned them.
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Everyone went crazy over Wayne Rooney, but I get more excited by Cristiano Ronaldo.
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In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.
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Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.
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People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.
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I don't recognize myself in the players I see today. There's only one who excites me, and that is Thierry Henry. He's not just a great footballer, he's a showman, an entertainer.
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Me and a mate picked up two darling birds and they took us back to their flat. I went into the bedroom with my bird and she started getting undressed. I was that drunk I was standing there wondering how to get undressed without letting go of the award. I went to sit on the bed, missed it by four feet and ended up lying on the floor. I remember the bird looking down at me, and saying, ‘Some player of the year.’ Then I fell asleep. I woke up still clutching my award and staggered out of the flat. I hadn’t a bloody clue where I was.
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People say I slept with seven miss worlds, I didn't. It was only four, I didn't turn up for the other three
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I'm OK. Much better than on other occasions. It's true that I've made lots of mistakes but I've never tried to bother anyone. I want to stay alive, preferably in peace, without seeing every one of my mistakes in the papers, and on many occasions, even stories that are lies.
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I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.
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I want to be remembered for my football and the pleasure I gave people.
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I must be the only person in the world who's looking forward to going into hospital. I can't wait to get it over and done with.
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