George Best Quotes
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- haile_unlikely
"I used to go missing a lot...Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World."
- DANLAD0
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars - the rest I just squandered
- nicko0
I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.
- determinedmoth0
I'll be he's not laughing now.
He never really did it with any class.. that Terry Wogan scene just about sums him up as a fool.
- haile_unlikely0
He never really did it with any class.. that Terry Wogan scene just about sums him up as a fool.
determinedmoth
(Nov 25 05, 03:30)Complete wank, determinedmoth.
And you haven't got drunk and made a twat of yourself before?
- soda0
No class?
On the football pitch he had it in buckets.
He's the greatest footballer to come from Britain.
Pele claimed him to be the greatest footballer ever.
That's good enough for me.
Hardly a fool moth, he just had an addiction to booze.
It's an easy path to be led down.
- determinedmoth0
It's not wank. He piss his life away. Which was foolish.
- haile_unlikely0
How much do you drink then?
"... an alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you"
- soda0
he did piss his life away and it's an absolute tragedy for him and his family and friends.
I really don't think he chose it though.
Being an alcoholic is an illness, not a lifestlye choice.
- kelpie0
that last quote is a killer.
I don't think I've gone a night without beer in about a whole year.
That'll be in addition to all the vodka breakfasts :/
- DavidFelt0
I dont hear anybody slating, pele for being impotent, or Ali for having alzhimers, Alcoholism is an illness fools, not a choice, leave the man in peace in his last hours, this thread was supposed to be about reliving some of his (hilarious) quotes, not slating the greatest footballer of his (or any other) generation.....
- determinedmoth0
How much do you drink then?
"... an alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you"
haile_unlikely
(Nov 25 05, 03:52)I drink plenty. I'd get help if I HAD to drink plently.
I agree it's all very sad, but singing his praises as a piss-head is off the mark. It's bad enough they'll be calling an inspiration in 2 weeks, not calling him selfish.
- determinedmoth0
Alcoholism is curable and voluntary. Alzhimers isn't. That's a shit analogy.
Ok. I'll leave..
- DavidFelt0
analogies arent meant to be perfect, neither are us human beings, maybe your verbal diaohrea is curable.... but i really fucking doubt it!!!!!!!!
- haile_unlikely0
see ya...
- DavidFelt0
Maybe ali's (horrible) disease was an effect of him being bashed around the head for years, who knows... George Best did NOT make a conscious decision to become an alcoholic, it was something that his lifestyle gave him the chance to be, and he wasnt strong enough to reject it.
This weakness however, is no reason to berate a man in his dying hours.
Who is to say in the same situation that any of us wouldnt go down exactly the same route as he did??......
- kelpie0
shall we play a game of spot the Man U fan? ;)
He was a great footballer, but also a tragic dafty, who killed hmself with drink. Plenty of great people have done similar things. Now he's on his way out, it's only right to remember the guy for the good stuff - he certainly entertained and inspired many over the years, regardless of his lifestyle.
Here's to George.
- DavidFelt0
well said kelpie!!!!
- haile_unlikely0
I'm certainly not a Man Utd fan, kelpie.
I'm from belfast though.
To me, he was a shining example of what can come out of my crappy little country given half a chance.
He never brought the whole religion thing into anything and he is loved by both sides of the divide equally.
- 5timuli0
Give me half a chance to live my life like George Best and I'll let you know in a few months whether I'm a ragin' alchy or not.
- kelpie0
I'm certainly not a Man Utd fan, kelpie.
haile_unlikely
(Nov 25 05, 04:16)I didn't mean you mate...