I want to be remembered for my football... by George Best | We Heart Quotes

Legend Talent Ireland Footballer Manchester United

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

- George Best

Other quotes by George Best

Drinking

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

- George Best

I used to dream about taking the ball round the keeper, stopping it on the line and then getting on my hands and knees and heading it into the net. When I scored against Benfica in the 1968 European Cup final I nearly did it. I left the keeper for dead but then I chickened out. I might have given the boss a heart attack!

- 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.

- George Best

I always wanted more – more of everything.

- George Best

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

- 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.

- George Best

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