George Best Quotes

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George Best

Profession : Athlete

Birth : May 22, 1946

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

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

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Football is a sad game.

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

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

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

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When I look back on my life as a whole, it is impossible for me not to feel blessed.

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Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

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

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They'll forget all the rubbish when I've gone, and they'll remember the football. If only one person thinks I'm the best player in the world, that's good enough for me.

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I was 19 or 20 when The Beatles were at their peak, and I was coming up to the peak of my career, too. I was also the first footballer to have long hair, and that's how I got my nickname 'the Fifth Beatle.'

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I was the one who took football off the back pages and put it on to page one.

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There are good players, there are great players, and there are those few at the pinnacle - the Peles, Cruyffs and Maradonas.

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

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As long as I stay in training and play well, I don't see what objection there can be to what I do off the field.

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The nice thing is that when people come up to me, it's the football they remember, not all the other rubbish.

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

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

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There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. You can say Thierry Henry, he's a fabulous striker, with pace and power, but a great entertainer needs to have charisma, too. Does he have charisma? No.

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One reason I don't want to play in England again is because we don't have any personalities.

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