George Best Quotes
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I have always thought I was the best ever player.
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It's a big compliment that so many people want to see me. For them, it's all about football. That's what they remember about me.
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I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.
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I used to dream about taking the ball 'round the keeper, stopping it on the line, and then getting on my hands and knees and heading it into the net. When I scored against Benfica in the 1968 European Cup final, I nearly did it. I left the keeper for dead, but then I chickened out.
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Just as I wanted to outdo everyone when I played, I had to outdo everyone when we were out on the town.
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I became a beach bum.
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They'll forget all the rubbish when I've gone, and they'll remember the football. If only one person thinks I'm the best player in the world, that's good enough for me.
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Players now have a groin injury for months and months, and I often think they don't really give a toss whether they're playing or not because they're getting paid anyway.
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You can't trust very many people.
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Dave Mackay is my definition of a superstar. The man broke his leg three times, but wouldn't be carried off. He walked off.
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From the FA to UEFA and FIFA, there's a naivety, a lack of knowledge and understanding and packed with people who are out of touch.
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There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. You can say Thierry Henry, he's a fabulous striker, with pace and power, but a great entertainer needs to have charisma, too. Does he have charisma? No.
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When I look back on my life as a whole, it is impossible for me not to feel blessed.
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I always wanted more - more of everything.
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The people of Northern Ireland have sorted out my whole life.
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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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The onus is on the managers to send out an attacking formation and to tell their players to be bold.
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I was 19 or 20 when The Beatles were at their peak, and I was coming up to the peak of my career, too. I was also the first footballer to have long hair, and that's how I got my nickname 'the Fifth Beatle.'
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At the start of the season, there are 16 teams in the top division looking behind them, making sure they avoid relegation. The fear starts in the boardroom, comes down to managers and through to players. The fans sense it.
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Maybe 'loner' is too strong a word, but I've always enjoyed being on my own.
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I can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London, train on the Friday and play on Saturday. That lasted until my friends at the Inland Revenue decided to take two-thirds. That wasn't very entertaining for me.
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I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.
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That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.
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I'm lucky that, despite all the bad press I've had over the years, the public still seems to like me.