George Best Quotes - Page 2

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• 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

  Mistake, Lying, Deceit

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• I always wanted more - more of everything.

  George Best

  Wanted

  "Been there, drunk that". Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2002.

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• 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.

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  Stars, Fighting, Player

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

  George Best

  Firsts, Fans, Stadiums

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

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  Men, Color, Looks

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

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  One Day, Giggs, Might

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• Don't die like I did.

  George Best

  Last Words, Dies

  George Best's last words, published in "News of the World" with a picture of Best lying in his hospital bed, five days before his death, November 20, 2005.

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

  George Best

  Player, Watches, Needs

  Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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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.

  George Best

  Rocks, People, Dying

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• 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

  Player, Today, Footballer

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

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  Football, People, Want

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

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  Regret, Years, Play

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

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  Icons, Found, Freaky

  George Best (2012). “Blessed - The Autobiography”, p.196, Random House

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

  George Best

  Strong, Loner, My Own

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• 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.

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  Waiting, Done, World

  "Best undergoes liver transplant". www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2002.

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• You can't trust very many people.

  George Best

  People

  "Football's first icon". www.theguardian.com. November 26, 2005.

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

  George Best

  Sometimes, Born, Streaks

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• To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point.

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  Superstar, Stretching

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

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  Children, Real, Fighting

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

  George Best

  Crazy, Cristiano Ronaldo, Excited

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

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  Player, Boots, Kevin

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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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  Watches, Tvs, Found

  George Best (2012). “Blessed - The Autobiography”, p.196, Random House

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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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  Dad, Son, Men

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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.

  George Best

  Different, Done, Funny Soccer

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• Football is a sad game.

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  Football, Games

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