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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.
George Best
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George Best
Age: 59 †
Born: 1946
Born: May 22
Died: 2005
Died: November 25
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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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Maybe 'loner' is too strong a word, but I've always enjoyed being on my own.
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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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He's not fit to lace my boots as a player. (on Kevin Keegan)
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That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.
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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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In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.
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Don't die like I did.
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They told me I wouldn't make 25. Then it was 35, then 45. These were my doctors speaking - they're all dead now.
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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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One day they might even say that I was another Ryan Giggs.
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Everyone went crazy over Wayne Rooney, but I get more excited by Cristiano Ronaldo.
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You can't trust very many people.
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I will respect this liver. After all, it's not mine.
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