George Best Quotes

• I told the assembled media that I was not the White Pele and that Pele was in fact the Black George Best.

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• I will respect this liver. After all, it’s not mine.

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• Alcoholics Anonymous might have worked for me if I had been anonymous, but I was not. People kept asking me for my autograph.

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

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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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  Tags in Player, Playing

• Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

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• The best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it’s just the thing that every man wants – to have a son and heir.

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  Tags in Self, Thinking

• 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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• Football is a sad game.

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• I was ill, and everyone could see it but me.

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  Tags in Self, Illness

• I definitely don’t think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.

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  Tags in Yourself, Affection

• You can’t trust very many people.

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• That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.

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  Tags in Player, Thing

• If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.

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  Tags in Blame, Yourself

• I always wanted more – more of everything.

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• Maybe ‘loner’ is too strong a word, but I’ve always enjoyed being on my own.

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  Tags in Player, Enjoyment

• I’d have to be superman to do some of the things I’m supposed to have done, I’ve been at six different places at six different times.

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  Tags in Supposed, Places

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

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  Tags in Canada, Missing

• I’ve stopped drinking, but only while I’m asleep.

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  Tags in Stopped, Drinking

• I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

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George Best (20)

Birth:	22nd May, 1946
Death:	25th November, 2005
Nationality:	Irish
Profession:	Football Player

About

George Best was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was a Irish professional footballer who played as a winger for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. In 1968 he won the European Cup with Manchester United, and was named the European Footballer of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year. After making his debut for United aged 17, he scored 179 goals from 470 appearances over 11 years, and was the club's top goalscorer in the league for five consecutive seasons. Former Brazilian footballer Pelé stated, “George Best was the greatest player in the world".

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