In 1969 I gave up drinking and sex. It was the worst 20 minutes of my life
31 December 2006
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"Tell me, Mr Best, where did it all go wrong? So, it is said, the man from room service inquired as he delivered vintage champagne to the former football genius in his suite at a plush hotel.
There was £20,000 in cash scattered on the bed which also contained the current Miss Universe.
In today's laddish world, the remark may seem laughable. Yet the waiter had a point. George Best had squandered one of the rarest and most precious football talents ever seen in favour of a self-indulgent merry-go-round of birds and booze.
He reached unimaginable heights with his outrageous skills in a career that lasted a mere six years at the top, before self-destructing into alcoholism, bankruptcy and jail.
To this day, Best maintains that nothing went wrong, that he just got bored with it all. The most he has ever conceded about that waiter's question is: "Perhaps he saw something I didn't." "
Read about the rest of Best http://www.ifhof.com/hof/best.asp
My best Best quote: "I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
He even squandered the new liver he received a few years ago by continuing to drink and abuse himself. And then, not surprisingly, he died, a totally squandered life and talent. Sad
Let this be a lesson for those who drank too much last night on New Year's Eve.
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