Quote #23

'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 same man.' (Norman Whiteside)

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  1. '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…
  2. '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-…
  3. 'He was able to use either foot - sometimes he seemed to have six.' (Sir Matt Busby)
  4. 'What he had was unique, you can't coach it.', 'I think if you talk about Europe, you talk about five or six and if you talk about his qual…
  5. 'Shellito was taken off suffering from twisted blood!' (United team-mate Pat Crerand after Best had given Chelsea full-back Ken Shellito a …
  6. 'Maradona good; Pele better; George Best' (A banner near the Best family home in the Cregagh Estate on the day of Best's funeral)
  7. '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 …
  8. 'George Best invented rock 'n' roll football' (Former France and Juventus midfield great Michel Platini)

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