George Best
George Best
George Bestwas a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. In 1968 he won the European Cup with Manchester United, and was named the European Footballer of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year. The Irish Football Association described him as the "greatest player to ever pull on the green shirt of Northern Ireland"...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth22 May 1946
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
They told me I wouldn't make 25. Then it was 35, then 45. These were my doctors speaking - they're all dead now.
One day they might even say that I was another Ryan Giggs.
I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted
There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. A great entertainer needs to have charisma.
If I had been born ugly, you would have never heard of Pele
I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.
Pain is temporary, glory...lasts forever!
I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record by 20 minutes
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.
I never went out in the morning with the intention of getting drunk. It just happened.
People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.
To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point.
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.
Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.