George Best

Athlete

1946-05-22

Quotes by George Best

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

  Read quote

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

  Read quote

• The people of Northern Ireland have sorted out my whole life.

  Read quote

• We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.

  Read quote

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

  Read quote

• I used to dream about taking the ball 'round the keeper, stopping it on the line, and then getting on my hands and knees and heading it into the net. When I scored against Benfica in the 1968 European Cup final, I nearly did it. I left the keeper for dead, but then I chickened out.

  Read quote

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

  Read quote

• 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.

  Read quote

• Dave Mackay is my definition of a superstar. The man broke his leg three times, but wouldn't be carried off. He walked off.

  Read quote

• At the start of the season, there are 16 teams in the top division looking behind them, making sure they avoid relegation. The fear starts in the boardroom, comes down to managers and through to players. The fans sense it.

  Read quote

• Players now have a groin injury for months and months, and I often think they don't really give a toss whether they're playing or not because they're getting paid anyway.

  Read quote

• I noticed that when I touched the ball on the field, you could hear this shrill noise in the crowd with all the birds screaming like at a Beatles concert.

  Read quote

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

  Read quote

• 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.

  Read quote

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

  Read quote

• Drink is the only opponent I have been unable to beat.

  Read quote

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

  Read quote

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

  Read quote