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
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.
I always wanted more - more of everything.
The best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it's just the thing that every man wants - to have a son and heir.
He's not fit to lace my boots as a player. (on Kevin Keegan)
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.
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.
Don't die like I did.
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.
When they first installed all-seater stadiums everyone predicted that the fans wouldn't stand for it
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.
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.