George Best Quotes

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Drinking Football Soccer

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

George Best

Soccer, Sports, Football

"Best: Decline of the golden boy". news.bbc.co.uk. June 14, 2005.

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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

Thankful, Past, Player

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

George Best

Drinking, Alcohol, Minutes

"Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations". Book by Ned Sherrin, 2008.

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

George Best

Soccer, Missing, Ireland And The Irish

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

George Best

Funny, Silly, Drink

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Pain is temporary, glory...lasts forever!

George Best

Motivational, Soccer, Pain

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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

Team, Men, Choppers

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

George Best

Motivational, Soccer, World

"George Best dies, aged 59" by Mark Oliver, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2005.

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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.

George Best

Men, Difficult Choices, Goal

"The Afterlife". Book by Paul Morley, April 23, 2009.

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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

People, Missing, Three

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

George Best

Morning, Drunk, Intention

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

George Best

Ugly, Born, Heard

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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

Soccer, Drunk, Giving

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Me and a mate picked up two darling birds and they took us back to their flat. I went into the bedroom with my bird and she started getting undressed. I was that drunk I was standing there wondering how to get undressed without letting go of the award. I went to sit on the bed, missed it by four feet and ended up lying on the floor. I remember the bird looking down at me, and saying, ‘Some player of the year.’ Then I fell asleep. I woke up still clutching my award and staggered out of the flat. I hadn’t a bloody clue where I was.

George Best

Letting Go, Lying, Player

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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

Doctors

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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

Football, Feet, Goal

"How George Best Became The World's First Playboy Footballer" by Richard T Kelly, www.esquire.com. June 5, 2016.

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

George Best

Missing, Three, World

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

George Best

Drinking, Food, Beer

"Beating Them at Their Own Game: How the Irish Conquered English Soccer". Book by Patrick West, 2006.

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

George Best

Mind, Blame, Ifs

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

George Best

Thinking, Affection

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

George Best

Mines, Liver

Referring to his liver transplant. In Scoring at Half Time (2003).

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

George Best

Records, Hours, Minutes

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

George Best

Ill

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Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

George Best

Love Is, Mutual Attraction, Mutual Respect

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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

Soccer, Football, Cristiano Ronaldo

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Born: May 22, 1946
Died: November 25, 2005
Occupation: Soccer player
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