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  • Don't die like I did.

    George Best's last words, published in "News of the World" with a picture of Best lying in his hospital bed, five days before his death, November 20, 2005.
  • I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.

    Drinking   Food   Beer  
    "Beating Them at Their Own Game: How the Irish Conquered English Soccer". Book by Patrick West, 2006.
  • If I had been born ugly, you would have never heard of Pele

    Ugly   Born   Heard  
  • I will respect this liver. After all, it's not mine.

    Mines   Liver  
    Referring to his liver transplant. In Scoring at Half Time (2003).
  • Pain is temporary, glory...lasts forever!

  • I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted

    Funny   Silly   Drink  
  • They say Paul Gascoigne is the new George Best but has he shagged three Miss Worlds?

    Missing   Three   World  
  • I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.

  • I always wanted more - more of everything.

    Wanted  
    "Been there, drunk that". Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2002.
  • 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.

    Football   Feet   Goal  
    "How George Best Became The World's First Playboy Footballer" by Richard T Kelly, www.esquire.com. June 5, 2016.
  • That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.

    Icons   Found   Freaky  
    George Best (2012). “Blessed - The Autobiography”, p.196, Random House
  • To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point.

  • 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

    Team   Men   Choppers  
  • 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.

    Watches   Tvs   Found  
    George Best (2012). “Blessed - The Autobiography”, p.196, Random House
  • I never went out in the morning with the intention of getting drunk. It just happened.

  • 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

    Thankful   Past   Player  
  • Maybe 'loner' is too strong a word, but I've always enjoyed being on my own.

    Strong   Loner   My Own  
  • There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. A great entertainer needs to have charisma.

    Player   Watches   Needs  
    Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
  • That's what children do - throw food. That's not fighting. We were real men. We'd have chinned them.

  • Everyone went crazy over Wayne Rooney, but I get more excited by Cristiano Ronaldo.

  • In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.

    "Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations". Book by Ned Sherrin, 2008.
  • Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.

    "George Best dies, aged 59" by Mark Oliver, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2005.
  • People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

    Rocks   People   Dying  
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • People say I slept with seven miss worlds, I didn't. It was only four, I didn't turn up for the other three

    People   Missing   Three  
  • 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.

    Mistake   Lying   Deceit  
  • I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.

  • I want to be remembered for my football and the pleasure I gave people.

    Football   People   Want  
  • 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.

    Waiting   Done   World  
    "Best undergoes liver transplant". www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2002.
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    George Best

    • Born: May 22, 1946
    • Died: November 25, 2005
    • Occupation: Soccer player