Quote #19
'The closest I got to him was when we shook hands at the end of the game.' (Northampton Town player Roy Fairfax, who had been marking Best when he scored six goals in an 8-2 FA Cup win for Man Utd in 1970.)
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- 'He's not George Best, but then again, no-one is.' (Commentator Clive Tyldesley.)
- 'Shellito was taken off suffering from twisted blood!' (United team-mate Pat Crerand after Best had given Chelsea full-back Ken Shellito a …
- 'Boss, I think I've found you a genius.' (The telegram sent to Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby by talent scout Bob Bishop, who dis…
- 'He was able to use either foot - sometimes he seemed to have six.' (Sir Matt Busby)
- 'Don't die like me!' (reportedly the final message of George Best)
- 'So George, where did it all go wrong?' (The hotel bellboy who delivered champagne to Best's room and found him entertaining a scantily-cla…
- [On Kevin Keegan:] 'He's been very, very lucky, an average player who came into the game when it was short of personalities.'
- 'The only thing I have in common with George Best is that we come from the same place, play for the same club and were discovered by the sa…