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
That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.
That's what children do - throw food. That's not fighting. We were real men. We'd have chinned them.
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.
Football is a sad game.
I want to be remembered for my football and the pleasure I gave people.
He's not fit to lace my boots as a player. (on Kevin Keegan)
You can't trust very many people.
I was ill, and everyone could see it but me.
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.
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.
Don't die like I did.
I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.
My one big regret is that I didn’t play on for 10 more years.
I always wanted more - more of everything.