George Best Quotes
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One reason I don't want to play in England again is because we don't have any personalities.
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I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
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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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I have really been disillusioned with soccer in England.
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There are good players, there are great players, and there are those few at the pinnacle - the Peles, Cruyffs and Maradonas.
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It all went wrong with football, the thing I loved most of all, and from there, my life slowly fell apart.
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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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If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.
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I don't have any regrets. I made all my own decisions.
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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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If you'd given me the choice of going out and beating four men and smashing a goal in from thirty yards against Liverpool or going to bed with Miss World, it would have been a difficult choice. Luckily, I had both.
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Nobody knows me.
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I was probably the first footballer ever to have a pop-star profile, and my agent was right when he said we could put my name on stair rods and sell them to people in bungalows.
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I dressed more like a pop star, I suppose, rather than the traditional blazer and tall trousers other players went for.
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I rate Fabien Barthez and played with two great keepers in Alex Stepney and Harry Gregg.
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There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time it's been a compliment to me.
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I noticed that when I touched the ball on the field, you could hear this shrill noise in the crowd with all the birds screaming like at a Beatles concert.
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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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I was ill, and everyone could see it but me.
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I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.
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My long hair and the sideburns made me stand out, really, because my hairstyle was completely different to the other footballers of that era.
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There are so many memories for me in Manchester. Everywhere I go, I think, 'I used to have boutiques here, clubs there, restaurants in that area.'
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The nice thing is that when people come up to me, it's the football they remember, not all the other rubbish.
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As long as I stay in training and play well, I don't see what objection there can be to what I do off the field.