I have complete respect for George Best for his ability as a football player, it is right that he is considered alongside other football legends, but I do not have as much respect for him as a person.
He has been found guilty of drink driving on two separate occasions so he clearly had no concern about the possibility of causing a serious accident and killing someone, my dad was in a serious car accident as a result of a drink driver and he has significant scarring on his face as a result so it is something that makes me very angry indeed. The doctors told George Best over and over again that if he didn't stop drinking large amounts of alchohol it would kill him but he refused to listen, he did not consider the stress it was causing his family and continued to drink.
What makes me even more angry about this man is that even after having a succesful liver transplant in 2002 he still continued to drink large amounts of alchohol. Think of all the people who are on a waiting list desperate for a life saving transplant, Best clearly did not appreciate just how fortunate he was to find a suitable donor. That liver was wasted on him and should have been given to someone else who would of appreciated it and taken care of it.
Of course I was sad when Best died, but we had all seen it coming for so long that it wasn't really a shock. These comments may be controversial on this forum, but it is my honest opinion of him as a person, and not just as a footballer.
