George Best Quotes - Page 2

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.

Robert Redford used to be such a handsome man and now look at him: everything has dropped, expanded and turned a funny color.

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

Don't die like I did.

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

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

I don't recognize myself in the players I see today. There's only one who excites me, and that is Thierry Henry. He's not just a great footballer, he's a showman, an entertainer.

I want to be remembered for my football and the pleasure I gave people.

My one big regret is that I didn’t play on for 10 more years.

That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.

Maybe 'loner' is too strong a word, but I've always enjoyed being on my own.

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.

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.

You can't trust very many people.

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

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

To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point.

Everyone went crazy over Wayne Rooney, but I get more excited by Cristiano Ronaldo.

He's not fit to lace my boots as a player. (on Kevin Keegan)

I was ill, and everyone could see it but me.

I always wanted more - more of everything.

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'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.

Football is a sad game.

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.