George Best Quotes

Football is a sad game.

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

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

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

He's not fit to lace my boots as a player.

To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point.

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

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

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

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

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

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

You can't trust very many people.

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

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

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

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

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

Love is about mutual respect, apart from the attraction.

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

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

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

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

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

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

They told me I wouldn't make 25. Then it was 35, then 45. These were my doctors speaking - they're all dead now.

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

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

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

Pain is temporary, glory...lasts forever!

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

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