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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.

Football is a sad game.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.

My one big regret is that I didn't play on for 10 more years.

Pain is temporary, glory ... lasts forever!

I was ill, and everyone could see it but me.

I'd give all the champagne I've ever drunk to be playing alongside him in a big European match at Old Trafford.

I want to be remembered for my football and the pleasure I gave people.

They say Paul Gascoigne is the new George Best but has he shagged three Miss Worlds?

Drink,Drugs and shagging models.
The rest I just wasted.'
George Best on where his millions went.

I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.

Maybe 'loner' is too strong a word, but I've always enjoyed being on my own.

I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record by 20 minutes

Don't die like I did.

They told me I wouldn't make 25. Then it was 35, then 45. These were my doctors speaking - they're all dead now.

If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.

That's what children do - throw food. That's not fighting. We were real men. We'd have chinned them.

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.

That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.

Robert Redford used to be such a handsome man and now look at him: everything has dropped, expanded and turned a funny color.

One day they might even say that I was another Ryan Giggs.

I used to go missing a lot ... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.

He can't kick with his left foot, he can't head a ball, he can't tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that he's all right.

Even at the height of my fame, 50 per cent of the people who saw me wanted a fight; it's the downside of being a star player.

I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love.

I must be the only person in the world who's looking forward to going into hospital. I can't wait to get it over and done with.

Every team has a hard man. We has Nobby Stiles, Chelsea had Chopper, Arsenal had Peter Storey, Liverpool had Tommy Smith. Leeds had eleven of them

Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.

You can't trust very many people.

To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point.

People say I slept with seven miss worlds, I didn't. It was only four, I didn't turn up for the other three

He's not fit to lace my boots as a player.
(on Kevin Keegan)

I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted

Everyone went crazy over Wayne Rooney, but I get more excited by Cristiano Ronaldo.

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.

If I had been born ugly, you would have never heard of Pele

I always wanted more - more of everything.

I will respect this liver. After all, it's not mine.

I never went out in the morning with the intention of getting drunk. It just happened.

When they first installed all-seater stadiums everyone predicted that the fans wouldn't stand for it

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.