George Best Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pain is temporary, glory...lasts forever!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. A great entertainer needs to have charisma.

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.

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.

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

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

To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point.

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.

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

I always wanted more - more of everything.

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

My one big regret is that I didn’t play on for 10 more years.

You can't trust very many people.

Don't die like I did.

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

Football is a sad game.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

If I'd been born ugly, you'd never have heard of Pelé.

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