David Beckham Quotes - Page 5

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

To play with Zinedine Zidane was the biggest honour I have had in my career...

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.

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

Nothing amazes me anymore.

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

I would like to have Brooklyn christened but I'm not sure which religion yet.

My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.

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.

I didn't expect it to come so quickly. It's been hard to keep up with. There's been articles in the papers that say I've got too big for my boots but people who know me say I'm just the same. Things have changed in my life but I haven't, too many people would knock me down if I did.

Being at a club that supported me meant a lot.

I always wanted kids I could take to work, and for them to experience the things I experience. So, having three boys as a footballer was a dream.

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.

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

I'm surprised I still have so much hair after all the things I've done with it.

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

My life here is perfect and I'm happy at Real Madrid so, of course, I want to stay as long as I can.

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 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.

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

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

We're definitely going to get Brooklyn christened, but we don't know into which religion.

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 would never complain about the position I'm in or the attention I get. At the end of the day, I'm very lucky to have what I have and do what I do, but I don't see myself as any different from anyone else who works hard and is a dad and a husband.

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.