Top 95 Quotes & Sayings by George Best - Page 2

I dressed more like a pop star, I suppose, rather than the traditional blazer and tall trousers other players went for.

I have really been disillusioned with soccer in England.

Pain is temporary, glory...lasts forever!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Don't die like I did.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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