Blessed - The Autobiography
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“There isn't a single player I would pay to watch. A great entertainer needs to have charisma.”
“I want to be remembered for my football and the pleasure I gave people.”
“He's not fit to lace my boots as a player. (on Kevin Keegan)”
“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.”
“I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.”
“Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.”
“I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted”
“In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.”
“If I had been born ugly, you would have never heard of Pele”
“Everyone went crazy over Wayne Rooney, but I get more excited by Cristiano Ronaldo.”
“I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints - beating my previous record by 20 minutes”
“They say Paul Gascoigne is the new George Best but has he shagged three Miss Worlds?”
“I never went out in the morning with the intention of getting drunk. It just happened.”
“My one big regret is that I didn’t play on for 10 more years.”
“One day they might even say that I was another Ryan Giggs.”
“I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.”
“Maybe 'loner' is too strong a word, but I've always enjoyed being on my own.”
Source: Blessed - The Autobiography
“If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.”
“That thing about being an icon, the fifth Beatle, I just found it so freaky.”
Source: Blessed - The Autobiography