Explore Quotes by George Best

Dave Mackay is my definition of a superstar. The man broke his leg three times, but wouldn't be carried off. He walked off.

The people of Northern Ireland have sorted out my whole life.

At the start of the season, there are 16 teams in the top division looking behind them, making sure they avoid relegation. The fear starts in the boardroom, comes down to managers and through to players. The fans sense it.

The onus is on the managers to send out an attacking formation and to tell their players to be bold.

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

You can't trust very many people.

My one big regret is that I didn't play on for ten more years.

I used to dream about taking the ball 'round the keeper, stopping it on the line, and then getting on my hands and knees and heading it into the net. When I scored against Benfica in the 1968 European Cup final, I nearly did it. I left the keeper for dead, but then I chickened out.

David Beckham has never impressed me.

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

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

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

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

To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point.

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

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.

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.

Me and a mate picked up two darling birds and they took us back to their flat. I went into the bedroom with my bird and she started getting undressed. I was that drunk I was standing there wondering how to get undressed without letting go of the award. I went to sit on the bed, missed it by four feet and ended up lying on the floor. I remember the bird looking down at me, and saying, ‘Some player of the year.’ Then I fell asleep. I woke up still clutching my award and staggered out of the flat. I hadn’t a bloody clue where I was.

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.