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Don't die like I did.
George Best
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George Best
Age: 59 †
Born: 1946
Born: May 22
Died: 2005
Died: November 25
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
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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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That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.
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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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He's not fit to lace my boots as a player. (on Kevin Keegan)
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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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I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.
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Everyone went crazy over Wayne Rooney, but I get more excited by Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Football is a sad game.
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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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I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted
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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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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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I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.
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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.
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I will respect this liver. After all, it's not mine.
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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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