"I have spent much money on women, cars and alcohol ... the rest I squandered "
George Best was a footballer born in Northern Ireland, remembered for his way through the Manchester United FC, a club where he played between 1963 and 1974. They won the league championship in 1965 and 1967, besides winning the European Cup in 1968. The same year he was awarded the Golden Ball France Football magazine, plus a journalism award from the English. Again achieved in 1971 ranked among the best at be about 3 ° classified in the Golden Ball behind only Johan Cruyff and Sandro Mazzola. Best also achieving the feat of making 6 goals in a match against Northampton on 7 February 1970. He was also remembered for his flirtation with alcohol and drugs and also for his great affair with beautiful women.
Best was known for his electrifying dribbling, shots and creativity, but also for their problems outside the field of play, which accompanied him throughout his career and beyond. With a microphone in front of George Best did not leave anyone indifferent. Here are a few familiar phrases:
- "I had a house on the coast, but reach she had to go through a bar. I never got to see the sea ".
-" If you had been born ugly, you would not have heard of Pele. "
-" Many people go around saying that I slept with seven Miss World, but have only been three. "
- "Every time I enter a site, there are 70 people who want to invite me to drink, and I can not say no."
- "It says a lot of nonsense about players rude and destructive defenses. I just call them sons of a bitch ".
-" I stopped drinking, but only when I sleep. "
-" If I lost the ball was a personal insult and wanted back. Yes sir, I hated a lot to me removed because it was my ball. "
-" In 1969 I left the women and alcohol. It was the worst twenty minutes of my life. "
-" I spent most of my money on women, alcohol and sports cars. The rest I wasted ".
-" I never went in the morning with the intention of getting drunk, just happened ".
-" Some years ago I said if given the choice between Liverpool score a goal or sleep with Miss World, was to have a difficult choice. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to do both. "
-" Before, Robert Redford was a very attractive. Now look at him, is loose, hanging skin and has a very strange color.
- "Do not stick with left, no header, not defend and do not score many goals. Apart from that, fine. "(Reviewing David Beckham)
-" I do not even reach the strings of the bottle. "(On Paul Gascoigne)
Best
problems with alcohol were compounded in 2000, which caused serious liver damage and was in danger of death. In 2001, he was hospitalized for pneumonia and the following year he underwent a liver transplant. But it was in October when he was hospitalized for internal bleeding that affected various organs, which caused his death on November 25, 2005.
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