George Best Quotes
We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.
Citations
Best, George. Blessed: The Autobiography. Ebury Press, 2001.
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George Best was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United. A highly skillful dribbler, Best is regarded as one of the best players in the history of the sport. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968 and came sixth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. Best received plaudits for his playing style, which combined pace, skill, balance, feints, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to get past defenders.