Frases de George Best

“No tiene zurda, no sabe cabecear, no sabe ganar un balón y no hace goles. Aparte de todo eso, está bien.”

“Mi mayor meta es que mi padre pensara que fui el mejor, y lo piensa.”

“No mueran como yo.”

“En 1969 dejé las mujeres y la bebida, pero fueron los peores veinte minutos de mi vida”

“Hace años dije que si me daban a elegir entre marcar un golazo al Liverpool o acostarme con Miss Mundo iba a tener una difícil elección. Afortunadamente, he tenido la oportunidad de hacer ambas cosas”

“Nunca salía por la mañana con la intención de emborracharme. Sólo sucedía”

“Cada vez que entro en un sitio hay sesenta personas que quieren invitarme a beber, y yo no sé decir que no”

“No me llega ni a los cordones de la botella.”

“Si yo hubiera nacido feo, ustedes no habrían oido hablar de Pelé.”

“Si el fútbol es un arte, entonces soy un artista.”

“Tenía una casa al borde del mar, pero para ir a la playa había que pasar por delante de un bar. Nunca me bañé.”

“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.”

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

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

“…the Englishman, George Best, who was an amazing footballer in his day but at the same time he was a bum and a drunk – a bohemian. Because of his soccer art though, he had a royal funeral.”

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

“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.”

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