130 Quotes by George Best

There isn’t a single player I would pay to watch. A great entertainer needs to have charisma.

I even found it difficult to watch myself playing on TV because I couldn’t identify with the person on the screen. I couldn’t get to grips with it. It was as if it was all happening to someone else.

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.

That’s what children do – throw food. That’s not fighting. We were real men. We’d have chinned them.

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.

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

In England, when an athlete gets to the top, we do our best to destroy him.

I have really been disillusioned with soccer in England.

In 1969, I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.