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
I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.
I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record by 20 minutes
They told me I wouldn't make 25. Then it was 35, then 45. These were my doctors speaking - they're all dead now.
Pain is temporary, glory...lasts forever!
If you'd given me the choice of going out and beating four men and smashing a goal in from thirty yards against Liverpool or going to bed with Miss World, it would have been a difficult choice. Luckily, I had both.
I never went out in the morning with the intention of getting drunk. It just happened.
There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. A great entertainer needs to have charisma.
I'd give all the champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him in a big European match at Old Trafford.
Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.
I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.
Cristiano Ronaldo's was the most exciting debut I've ever seen. There have been a few players described as 'The New George Best' over the years, but this is the first time it's been a compliment to me.
In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol and it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.
I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.
They say Paul Gascoigne is the new George Best but has he shagged three Miss Worlds?