Frases de George Best

George Best foi um futebolista norte-irlandês.

Se consagrou no time inglês do Manchester United, sendo considerado um dos maiores ídolos do United de todos os tempos e o melhor jogador irlandês e britânico da história. Seu talento foi reconhecido além da Europa; o jornalista e técnico brasileiro João Saldanha, indagado em 1981 para escalar seu time dos sonhos, colocou Best entre os titulares e a Revista Placar descreveu-o em 1970 como "um jogador brasileiro nascido na Irlanda do Norte".O significado de seu sobrenome, em inglês, é "melhor", o que gerou um ditado popular em sua terra natal: "Maradona good. Pelé better. George Best ". Wikipedia  

✵ 22. Maio 1946 – 25. Novembro 2005
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George Best: Frases em inglês

“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.”

Reported in " Best: Decline of the golden boy http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4090840.stm", BBC News (June 14 2005).

“I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.”

C. 1974; reported in Patrick West, Beating Them at Their Own Game: How the Irish Conquered English Soccer (2006), p. 188.

“In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.”

Reported in Ned Sherrin, Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (2008), p. 153.

“…the Englishman, George Best, who was an amazing footballer in his day but at the same time he was a bum and a drunk – a bohemian. Because of his soccer art though, he had a royal funeral.”

Dragoslav Šekularac,
quoted in interview with ['Get Out of Here, I am Sekularac', Prvoslav Vujcic, http://www.urbanbookcircle.com/get-out-of-here-i-am-sekularac-by-prvoslav-vujcic.html, Urban Book Circle, 2006-05-01, 2016-05-15]
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“There have been a few players described as the new George Best over the years, but this is the first time it's been a compliment to me.”

On Cristiano Ronaldo; reported in " Funniest ever footie quotes http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article891202.ece", TheSun.co.uk (March 8, 2008).

“He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that he's all right.”

On David Beckham; reported in " The things they say: George Best http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1085364.html", FIFA.com (July 31, 2009).

“I used to go missing a lot… Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.”

Reported in " The things they say: George Best http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1085364.html", FIFA.com (July 31, 2009).