George Best Quotes on Humor
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'I used to go missing quite a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.'
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'If I had been born ugly, you would never have heard of Pele.'
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'In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol. It was the worst 20 minutes of my life.'
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[When Michael Parkinson asked how soon before kick-off George had made love:] 'Half time!'
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'I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.'
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[On Paul Gascoigne:] 'I once said Gazza's IQ was less than his shirt number and he asked me: 'What's an IQ?''
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'I was in [for the blood transfusion after a liver transplant] for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record by 20 minutes.'
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'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-back. I would love him to save me a place in his team, George Best that is, not God.' (Eric Cantona has pays tribute to the late George Best)
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'Maradona good; Pele better; George Best' (A banner near the Best family home in the Cregagh Estate on the day of Best's funeral)