Players today moan about the number of games, but when you're young, you can't play enough.
George BestRead
If I had to choose between dribbling past 5 players and scoring from 40 yards at Anfield or shagging miss world, it'd be a hard choice. Thankfully, i've done both
Interpretation
The quote humorously compares two incredible achievements in sports and life, highlighting their equal appeal.
George Best, a legendary footballer, playfully reflects on the thrill of sports versus romantic conquests. By juxtaposing the skill of dribbling past opponents and scoring a long-range goal with the allure of being with 'Miss World,' he suggests that both achievements are highly desirable and worth celebrating, ultimately expressing a sense of fulfillment in having experienced both.
In practice
Sharing this quote during a sports club meeting to highlight the balance of life and sports.
Players today moan about the number of games, but when you're young, you can't play enough.
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
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'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.
Drink is the only opponent I have been unable to beat.
They'll forget all the rubbish when I've gone, and they'll remember the football. If only one person thinks I'm the best player in the world, that's good enough for me.
You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.
Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be perfectly deaf.
I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract.
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence.
There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
A tragedy is a tragedy, and at the bottom, all tragedies are stupid. Give me a choice and I'll take A Midsummer Night's Dream over Hamlet every time. Any fool with steady hands and a working set of lungs can build up a house of cards and then blow it down, but it takes a genius to make people laugh.
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