Victoria Beckham Quotes

I tell you, the paparazzi would not be sitting outside if they realized I was the most boring person in Hollywood.

This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well.

When I started out in fashion, everything had to be very structured and tight and controlling, and now I'm getting to a point where I think - I could wear a great big parka, that could be quite fabulous. I haven't always got to show off my size, show off my shape. It's a turning point for me.

In England, David and I are big fish in a small pond. But in L.A., we are tiny, tiny, tiny fish in a big pond.

First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy.

I love fashion, and that's how I express myself.

Sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. Sunglasses and a great pair of heels can turn most outfits around.

I'm not worried about what's in fashion, what's not in fashion, what are the colors of the season. I go with my gut instinct because every time I haven't it's been a mistake.

I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.

I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Drink whatever you like, just so long as it coordinates with your nail varnish.

I take care of myself. I work out every day. I eat healthy. But I like to have fun too.

More than anyone, I am aware of the preconceptions. I was a Spice Girl. I'm married to a footballer.

I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got.

I actually used to smile a lot in pictures. I think I only stopped smiling when I got into fashion. Fashion stole my smile!

I love what I do professionally, I'm really blessed. But my priority is my husband and my children.

The tusk is a very tactile shape, looks great among the other charms and is a cool piece that I like.

I've been to parties in L.A. that are mind-blowing. I mean, quite literally mind-blowing. People get cellphones in the party bag, that sort of thing. Fabulous, fabulous parties.

I am a control freak. I am very hands on and pay attention to details.

I can't concentrate in flats.

If you have a surreal life like I do, you've got to have fun along the way.

If I set my mind to something I do it. My biggest wish for all of us is that we are happy, successful, and that we stay true to ourselves.

I'm very lucky to have a job that I love.

I'm feminine, but I wouldn't say that I'm girly in any way at all.

You'd have thought they'd have been on about Sir Elton John, and the fantastic goals David has scored which have got us through to the World Cup. But what they were really interested in was that I was holding a bag that had 'Sex' written on it. It's quite bizarre.

I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.

And while everybody was busy laughing, what was I doing? I was laying the foundation to what I have in place now.

WHETHER YOU'VE GOT $20 TO SPEND IN TOPSHOP OR $2.000 TO SPEND AT GUCCI, LOOKING GOOD ISN'T ABOUT MONEY. IT'S ABOUT STYLE, AND STYLE NEVER GOES OUT OF FASHION

For me to go to America - which I find such a positive place - well, I took to it like a duck to water.

Everyone's showing their thong out the back of their jeans. But you shouldn't wear any. You get a better line if you wear no knickers.

I have always loved fashion since I was a kid and customized my school uniforms.

I don't want to be seen smiling, having fun, or eating.

When I was on stage with the Spice Girls, I thought people were there to see the other four and not me.

I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

What do you wear on a running machine? I can't bring myself to wear flat shoes.

Sometimes it's frustrating if I'm out with the kids and have to deal with the paparazzi. That comes with it though. But it was fun becoming famous. I mean, I even wanted to one of the kids in FAME when I was growing up.

I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well.

I love America. It's such a positive country.

Everybody changes. I love fashion, and I love changing my style, my hair, my makeup, and everything I've done in the past has made me what I am now. Not everyone is going to like what I do, but I look back at everything, and it makes me smile.

I've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there's a parents' night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that.

I want my kids to have a good work ethic. I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.

Hold on to your knickers, girls!

My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!

I am very career minded, and I think my personality is more suited to America. I am a working mother.

I'm a very, very healthy eater. I eat lots of fish, lots of vegetables, lots of fruit. I don't eat junk food.

Someone once I asked my son Cruz, 'When's your birthday?' and he told them, 'It's just after Fashion Week!'

I never try to follow a trend or fashion.

Most famous people get younger and younger. I sometimes ask myself that question: 'How come I'm the only person who's getting older?'

I've been in the public eye for about 15 or 16 years and I'm very aware that fame is not a given. I have to maintain it. It's not just something that will always be there.

I'm very proud to be British, and my brand is British.

You can make anything into a special occasion and dress up for it

I don't wear heels every day, but when I'm out, that's how I feel confident.

My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.

I keep fit by running after my three boys all day.

I dress sexily - but not in an obvious way. Sexy in a virginal way

There need to be more women supporting women. Not just in fashion, in general.

I consider all of my pieces to be investment pieces. A dress shouldn't be worn for one season - you should be able to wear it year after year.

The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.

I do go to football sometimes but I don't know the offside rule or free-kicks - or side kicks - or whatever they're called.

I've been that celebrity on the red carpet, and I appreciate that something hasn't got to just look good from the front, from the back, it's got to look good at all angles.

I don't believe anyone who says they don't care what people say about them. Of course they bloody well do.

What's David's role? David looks good, that's what David does. David looks good, and I'm the funny one, that's what I hear constantly. But I keep telling him that looks fade.

I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card.

I'm smiling on the inside. I feel I have a responsibility to the fashion community.

You've got to trust people. And because I am a control freak, sometimes that's difficult for me, because I want to micro-manage absolutely everything. I can't hand over. But I'm trying to do that more.

I become quite obsessive when I get into something.

We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house and I was sitting on his lap. We're very affectionate. And I looked at him and thought after being married for 11 years! We were the only couple who were even near each other at that party. We're soul mates.

I am eating more. I think you do eat more when you're working out. And you want to eat healthily, so it's good all round.

These people are amazing. It's so emotional I was thinking about wearing waterproof mascara.

It's not healthy to be jealous.

I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.

My aim is to create the perfect dress!

I don't know much about football. I know what a goal is, which is surely the main thing about football.