Quote #20
'Shellito was taken off suffering from twisted blood!' (United team-mate Pat Crerand after Best had given Chelsea full-back Ken Shellito a torrid time.)
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- '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 …
- 'He was able to use either foot - sometimes he seemed to have six.' (Sir Matt Busby)
- 'He's not George Best, but then again, no-one is.' (Commentator Clive Tyldesley.)
- '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…
- '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…
- '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…
- 'Don't die like me!' (reportedly the final message of George Best)
- 'After his first training session in heaven, George Best, from his favourite right wing, turned the head of God who was filling in at left-…