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

—  George Best

Reported in " The things they say: George Best http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1085364.html", FIFA.com (July 31, 2009).

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