George Best Quotes & Sayings

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. — George Best

They told me I wouldn't make 25. Then it was 35, then 45. These were my doctors speaking - they're all dead now. — George Best

I'd give all the champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him in a big European match at Old Trafford. — George Best

I always wanted more - more of everything. — George Best

I never went out in the morning with the intention of getting drunk. It just happened. — George Best

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. — George Best

To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point. — George Best

He's not fit to lace my boots as a player.
(on Kevin Keegan) — George Best

I want to be remembered for my football and the pleasure I gave people. — George Best

I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love. — George Best

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. — George Best

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. — George Best

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction. — George Best

If I had been born ugly, you would have never heard of Pele — George Best

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

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 — George Best

Don't die like I did. — George Best

Even at the height of my fame, 50 per cent of the people who saw me wanted a fight; it's the downside of being a star player. — George Best

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. — George Best

Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life. — George Best

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. — George Best

That's what children do - throw food. That's not fighting. We were real men. We'd have chinned them. — George Best

Drink,Drugs and shagging models.
The rest I just wasted.'
George Best on where his millions went. — George Best

Maybe 'loner' is too strong a word, but I've always enjoyed being on my own. — George Best

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

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

Football is a sad game. — George Best

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. — George Best

When they first installed all-seater stadiums everyone predicted that the fans wouldn't stand for it — George Best

If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself. — George Best

I will respect this liver. After all, it's not mine. — George Best

Cristiano Ronaldo's was the most exciting debut I've ever seen. 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. — George Best

My one big regret is that I didn't play on for 10 more years. — George Best

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. — George Best

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. — George Best

They say Paul Gascoigne is the new George Best but has he shagged three Miss Worlds? — George Best

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. — George Best

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

One day they might even say that I was another Ryan Giggs. — George Best

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

I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record by 20 minutes — George Best

I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep. — George Best

Pain is temporary, glory ... lasts forever! — George Best

I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak. — George Best

I was ill, and everyone could see it but me. — George Best

You can't trust very many people. — George Best

Robert Redford used to be such a handsome man and now look at him: everything has dropped, expanded and turned a funny color. — George Best

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 — George Best

I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted — George Best

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets. — George Best

I used to go missing a lot ... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World. — George Best