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" My one big regret is that I didn't play on for ten more years. "
George Best
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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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" I always wanted more - more of everything. "
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" I even found it difficult to watch myself playing on TV because I couldn't identify with the person on the screen. I couldn't get to grips with it. It was as if it was all happening to someone else. "
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" They'll forget all the rubbish when I've gone, and they'll remember the football. If only one person thinks I'm the best player in the world, that's good enough for me. "
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" I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World. "
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" I was probably the first footballer ever to have a pop-star profile, and my agent was right when he said we could put my name on stair rods and sell them to people in bungalows. "
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" I'd have to be superman to do some of the things I'm supposed to have done, I've been at six different places at six different times. "
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