David Beckham Quotes

I dream a lot about football and a lot of them have come true for me.

I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me.

Is the Pope Catholic. No I'm serious. I really need to know.

I still look at myself and want to improve.

No matter who our opponents are, or who we are playing against, we want to win the game.

I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country.

The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.

I feel this pang of regret whenever I watch sport; this sense that I will never play a big match again.

I've played under some of the biggest and best managers and achieved almost everything in football. Of course it hurts when people question it, but I've come to the end of my career and can look back and say I've achieved everything with every club that I've played for.

I knew it was my time to retire, when I saw Messi running past me.

Every situation has changed me as a person.

I like nice clothes, whether they're dodgy or not.

There are certain battles that you pick. When they're not worth picking, they're laughable stories.

You start realising as you get older that there are some kids who don't know who you are.

My priority is always the family and Victoria [Beckham] and I always ensure we are there for our children. We work hard but family comes first.

Being a dad is more important than football

I didn't want to go there [America] at 34 years old and for people to say he's only going for the money. It's not what I'm going out there to do

I respect all religions, but I'm not a deeply religious person. But I try and live life in the right way, respecting other people. I wasn't brought up in a religious way, but I believe there's something out there that looks after you.

I always wanted to be a hairdresser.

It's so important to have manners and treat people from all walks of life the way they should be treated.

One thing will not change - we will be going out to win.

I am happier now than I have ever been.

Coaching is not something I'm passionate about. I'm passionate about coaching kids

I've always been proud to represent my country, whether it be World Cups, European Championships or just friendly games, I've always been a proud person, I'm very patriotic.

Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.

Throughout my career I have been pretty successful, I've played for some pretty big teams, represented my country quite a few times, and played for managers without sentiment.

Keeping fit is really important as playing football is all I've ever wanted to do.

I love football and I love winning, and when things aren't going right I get annoyed.

I'm not one of those people who is not looking forward to getting old. I'm happy with my life.

I don't think I have reached a plateau. I have just reached the level where I am today. But I need to go above it.

You know when you play in the big away games that the fans are going to be behind their team and will be booing you. As a professional you need to tune yourself out of that part of the game and concentrate on the job at hand.

Wayne's like my son, Brooklyn, who goes out in the garden to play and have fun.

I love a nice tailored suit, but I also like to dress down. It all depends on what mood I'm in.

Collectively with my design team we spent time working on the feel, fit and style to ensure the product is not only something I would wear but one which I would be proud to put my name to. I always want to challenge myself and this was such a rewarding experience for me. I'm very happy with the end result and I hope H&M's male customers will be as excited as I am.

I feel I can still do the same job as I did 10 years ago - I've just got a few more wrinkles!

We've been asked to do 'Playboy' together, me and Victoria, as a pair. I don't think I'll ever go naked, but I'll never say never.

I don't do anything unless I can give it 100%.

I haven't retired from international football - I still believe I have a part to play in the future of England.

The secret to my success is practice!

As soon as a free kick is given and it's anywhere near the box, I get excited. I don't really concentrate what side the keeper is on, because I always think that if I catch it as well as I can, then I can beat him whichever way he goes.

To have a successful team, you have to have great players of course - but you have to have good personalities and good people as well.

I'm happy in Madrid, my kids are happy and my wife is happy, so everything's good. If anyone knows about contracts they take a while to sort out.

When you get older, you mature, and you start liking flowers. Although I try and keep it manly.

I have got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line, or everything has to be in pairs.

It's not easy when someone pulls your ponytail.

Soccer is a magical game.

With United, we'd all grown up together, we all wanted to win the biggest trophy in football. We did it togther.

I've felt a little tired, but I'm only 24. I love playing football. That's my job and that's what I love doing.

I've seen the growth of this game in this country, the stadiums that were built, the great European players that have come and the great American players who've been created. Americans want to be number one at everything. And they are at baseball, football, basketball. Soccer is growing fast, and I want to be a part of that.

As a footballer, you always want to test yourself against the best.

I've got friends in the different teams I've played for, but family is the most important thing to me. That will always be the case.

I think I've lost a lot of my gay fans to Gavin Henson. It's a shame because I really love them.

When I was a kid, I thought my dad was a little bit harsh with me at times. Sometimes I needed an arm around me instead of my dad telling me what I did wrong, but it obviously worked.

I've always come back from adversity, and I've always had the mentality of proving people wrong.

Two of my boys are Manchester United fans; one is an Arsenal fan. Whenever there is a game I can take the boys to, I love taking them.

People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.

My secret is practice

You will go through tough times, it's about getting through them.

I'm a very stubborn person. I think it has helped me over my career. I'm sure it has hindered me at times as well, but not too many times. I know that if I set my mind to do something, even if people are saying I can't do it, I will achieve it.

Interviewer: Would it be fair to describe you as a volatile player? Beckham: Well, I can play in the centre, on the right and occasionally on the left side.

I hope I become a better player day after day. This is one of my goals. I want to improve in every situation, but when you are playing along with top figures, it is a quality bonus and a bigger effort. Besides, the Spanish Liga also gives you the chance to progress and improve.

When I was seven I wanted to be a footballer, but when I was 14, I wanted to be a model. Look where it's put me now!

I always say that practice gets you to the top most of the time.

I showed that I wasn't just at Real Madrid to sell shirts.

That was in the past - we're in the future now.

That was my way of getting through difficult times of low confidence - hard work.

There is always scope for football to be more charitable but a lot happens already. Personally I have always been passionate about charity.

Maths is totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school.

I can't get through some movies without shedding a tear; I can't lie.

Being at a club that supported me meant a lot.

As soon as I hit the ball, I know if it's in.

In my career, there's many things I've won and many things I've achieved, but for me, my greatest achievement is my children and my family. It's about being a good father, a good husband, just being connected to family as much as possible.

It's is always nice to be respected as a footballer. I am going to go out and enjoy the game and if I can set one or two goals up then so be it - I would love to.

Like any parent, I just want the best for my kids, whatever they decide to do. They will choose what path they want to follow, and we will always be there to encourage them.

Joining Real Madrid is a dream come true.

That goal [in the 1998 World Cup] changed me-not as a person, but as a player. People have looked at me differently ever since. It gave me confidence and now I feel I can achieve anything.

[Meeting Mandela] was the highlight of my career; to meet such a great man and a strong man and such a passionate man about sport and life will always stay with me.

The secret of the team's success is easy - unity and hard work.

There's room for boys' and girls' football in the world-that's what I believe.

Whatever I do, I want to be the best.

Pele was a complete player. I didn't see him live obviously, because I wasn't born

I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made.

Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.

The criticism hurts sometimes and I worry about the effect on my family.

In Spain people have lunch and dinner a lot later - when I return to England I'll have to eat alone at midnight.

I was forced to masturbate in front
of teammates

I'm used to being around kids. Even when I was growing up in London, I had an older sister, I had a younger sister that I used to look after from time to time.

I needed two stitches after Alex kicked the boot at me.
(on Ferguson)

I know that I will always regret it later in life if I had turned down the chance to play at another great club like Real Madrid.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

I have always believed that if you want to achieve anything special in life you have to work, work, and then work some more.

You can be the one - in - a - million. Don't be discouraged by the odds to Succeed.

Football's the biggest game in the world. America's the greatest sporting nation there is. To play some part in putting those two things together: why wouldn't I be excited about that?

away from fast food - for three weeks already. And I was starting to miss the occasional burger and fries. I assumed there'd be a few of the other lads feeling the same way. I talked to Sven, who thought it wouldn't do any harm, and then had a word with the England chefs. On the Wednesday night we all trooped down to dinner. The doors of the dining room were shut and there were two giant golden arches stuck up on them. We all went inside and there was a McDonald's takeaway mountain waiting for us: more burgers, cheeseburgers and chips than you've ever seen piled up in one room in your life. It was a complete surprise to all the players. We just devoured everything: it was like watching kids going mad in a candy store. And it worked. We did it again before we played Denmark. Maybe fast food was what was missing from our preparations for facing Brazil.

To this day, one of my proudest achievements is captaining my country.

Some men over-tweeze their eyebrows, and it's just too perfect. Men are meant to have kind of a bushy brow. Too much aftershave is also off-putting; it's one of my pet hates.

It's one thing I like about America - they respect the sportsman. They put them up on a pedestal. They don't try to knock them down. And that's a great thing, to be respected by the whole country. It's so patriotic!

People look at my tattoos, and the majority of them are religious images, so people think, 'Oh, he must be very religious'. I respect all religions, but I'm not a deeply religious person. But I try and live life in the right way, respecting other people.

I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet.

It's my responsibility to walk around the hotel with a big smile on my face and not worry about what's happened in the last game.