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    George Best

    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.

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

    Every team has a hard man. We has Nobby Stiles, Chelsea had Chopper, Arsenal had Peter Storey, Liverpool had Tommy Smith. Leeds had eleven of them

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    George Best

    Football is a sad game.

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    George Best

    He can't kick with his left foot, he can't head a ball, he can't tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that he's all right.

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    George Best

    I'd give all the champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him in a big European match at Old Trafford.

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    George Best

    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.

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    George Best

    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.

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    George Best

    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.

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    George Best

    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

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    George Best

    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.

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    George Best

    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.

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    George Best

    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.

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

    I never went out in the morning with the intention of getting drunk. It just happened.

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    George Best

    I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

    I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

    Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

    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.

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

    Pain is temporary, glory...lasts forever!

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    George Best

    Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

    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.

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    George Best

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

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    George Best

    If I'd been born ugly, you'd never have heard of Pelé.