People always say I shouldn't be bur... by George Best | We Heart Quotes

Legend Talent Ireland Footballer Manchester United

People always say I shouldn't be burning the candle at both ends. Maybe they haven't got a big enough candle.

- George Best

Other quotes by George Best

You can't trust very many people.

- George Best

I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.

- 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'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.

- George Best

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

- 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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