13 George Best Quotes on Sports

George Best quotes on sports

1. 'Pain is temporary, glory...lasts forever!'

5. 'If I had been born ugly, you would never have heard of Pele.'

8. [When Michael Parkinson asked how soon before kick-off George had made love:] 'Half time!'

10. [On Paul Gascoigne:] 'I once said Gazza's IQ was less than his shirt number and he asked me: 'What's an IQ?''

14. [On the infamous Battle of the Buffet between Manchester United and Arsenal players:] 'That's what children do - throw food. That's not fighting. We were real men. We'd have chinned them.'

17. '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 discovered a 15-year-old Best playing for Cregagh Boys' Club.)

18. 'He's not George Best, but then again, no-one is.' (Commentator Clive Tyldesley.)

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.)

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.)

21. 'He was able to use either foot - sometimes he seemed to have six.' (Sir Matt Busby)

24. '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)

27. 'George Best invented rock 'n' roll football' (Former France and Juventus midfield great Michel Platini)

28. 'From the second best player in the world' (On a signed football left as tribute to George Best by Pele)