I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
George Best
In 1969, I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.
If I'd been born ugly, you'd never have heard of Pele.
When I look back on my life as a whole, it is impossible for me not to feel blessed.
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.
I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.
Nobody knows me.
Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.
Maybe 'loner' is too strong a word, but I've always enjoyed being on my own.
I was 19 or 20 when The Beatles were at their peak, and I was coming up to the peak of my career, too. I was also the first footballer to have long hair, and that's how I got my nickname 'the Fifth Beatle.'
I used to dream about taking the ball 'round the keeper, stopping it on the line, and then getting on my hands and knees and heading it into the net. When I scored against Benfica in the 1968 European Cup final, I nearly did it. I left the keeper for dead, but then I chickened out.
My one big regret is that I didn't play on for ten more years.
I've always been a bit of a gypsy.
Football is a sad game.
The people of Northern Ireland have sorted out my whole life.
I dressed more like a pop star, I suppose, rather than the traditional blazer and tall trousers other players went for.
I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.
I used to rush home to see 'Match Of The Day.' Whatever I was doing, I wouldn't miss it.
Dave Mackay is my definition of a superstar. The man broke his leg three times, but wouldn't be carried off. He walked off.
Players today moan about the number of games, but when you're young, you can't play enough.
The onus is on the managers to send out an attacking formation and to tell their players to be bold.
My long hair and the sideburns made me stand out, really, because my hairstyle was completely different to the other footballers of that era.
There are good players, there are great players, and there are those few at the pinnacle - the Peles, Cruyffs and Maradonas.
From the FA to UEFA and FIFA, there's a naivety, a lack of knowledge and understanding and packed with people who are out of touch.
There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. You can say Thierry Henry, he's a fabulous striker, with pace and power, but a great entertainer needs to have charisma, too. Does he have charisma? No.
I rate Fabien Barthez and played with two great keepers in Alex Stepney and Harry Gregg.
We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.
I got my buzz from playing.
That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.
If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.
People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.
The nice thing is that when people come up to me, it's the football they remember, not all the other rubbish.
When I was playing, there were always lots of teams in contention for the league - Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Leeds. Every week was a big game and a big battle.
I noticed that when I touched the ball on the field, you could hear this shrill noise in the crowd with all the birds screaming like at a Beatles concert.
I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.
I became a beach bum.
The best thing about being a dad? Well, I think it's just the thing that every man wants - to have a son and heir.
There are so many memories for me in Manchester. Everywhere I go, I think, 'I used to have boutiques here, clubs there, restaurants in that area.'
I'm lucky that, despite all the bad press I've had over the years, the public still seems to like me.
It's a big compliment that so many people want to see me. For them, it's all about football. That's what they remember about me.
You can't trust very many people.
I always wanted more - more of everything.
I have really been disillusioned with soccer in England.
Drink is the only opponent I have been unable to beat.
I don't have any regrets. I made all my own decisions.
It all went wrong with football, the thing I loved most of all, and from there, my life slowly fell apart.
As long as I stay in training and play well, I don't see what objection there can be to what I do off the field.
At the start of the season, there are 16 teams in the top division looking behind them, making sure they avoid relegation. The fear starts in the boardroom, comes down to managers and through to players. The fans sense it.
In England, when an athlete gets to the top, we do our best to destroy him.
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.
