George Best

I dressed more like a pop star, I suppose, rather than the traditional blazer and tall trousers other players went for.

I have really been disillusioned with soccer in England.

One reason I don't want to play in England again is because we don't have any personalities.

I got my buzz from playing.

Just as I wanted to outdo everyone when I played, I had to outdo everyone when we were out on the town.

The onus is on the managers to send out an attacking formation and to tell their players to be bold.

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.

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.

Football is big business - you can't get away from it. But you have to separate that side from the playing.

I've always been a bit of a gypsy.

The nice thing is that when people come up to me, it's the football they remember, not all the other rubbish.

I have always thought I was the best ever player.

I can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London, train on the Friday and play on Saturday. That lasted until my friends at the Inland Revenue decided to take two-thirds. That wasn't very entertaining for me.

You can't trust very many people.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

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

I always wanted more - more of everything.

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

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

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.