"If I'd been born ugly, you would never have heard of Pele"
-George Best, Man United football(soccer) legend who retired at age 27 and died last week after years of drinking & partying.
Runner-up Quote of the year:
"I go missing a lot...Miss Canada, Miss America, Miss Universe."-Gorgeous George
I don't understand all the hoo ha about some drunk for whom the 'rock and roll' lifestyle was more important than the game.
Good quotes aside, he pissed his talent down the drain.
my favorite was something like, "I spent all my money on fast women and fast cars, the rest I squandered."
"I might have gone to Alcoholics Anonymous but I found it pretty hard to be anonymous,"
...and to clarify the previous poster, it was:
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
Maybe this isn't quite a quote, but it is an answer to a question. A Swedish high jumper- I can't remember his name, he jumped in the 70's/80's. Said he was a part time high jumper and part time playboy. They asked him what he'd be if he weren't a high jumper and he said a full time playboy.
I don't really get it, is it George or Pele who said that quote?
I think it sux
Rod Dixons Beer quote kicks it's arse
he is saying he would have been better than Pele at soccer had he been ugly. since he was not ugly he partied a lot instead of playing soccer.
who really cares about soccer anyway?
That's not really a good quote, it's actually pretty depressing. It doesn't mean anything, really. Just some guy saying he liked boozing it more than dedicating himself to his art. I don't know, you could go on about how soccer means nothing anyway, but I disagree with that. Any major sport brings a lot of entertainment to the averge John Q. Schmuck. I can't tell you how many times a meaningless game of football or race has taken me away from the daily BS and let me forget for a few minutes. What's life w/o entertainment? Also, there's something wonderful about seeing an athelete perform to their ability. Something about the rarity and beauty of it, it's just cool.
So he liked Effing hot chicks and drinking beer. Great. If that's all he wanted out of life. But why bother mentioning Pele if you're really so nonchalant about the game? He wants everyone to know he could have been great, he just chose not to. I don't know how that is the quote of the year. It brings a chukle the first time you read it, but when you think about it...I just hope the guy didn't die alone.
Tough wrote:
I don't really get it, is it George or Pele who said that quote?
I think it sux
Rod Dixons Beer quote kicks it's arse
I think that he meant that if he had been ugly (rather than attractive) he would not have spent nearly as much time chasing the women and partying. Thus, he would have played so much harder/longer that he would have been the world's greatest sports star (Ali anyone?).