David Beckham Quotes
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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.
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People just assume, over the years, that soccer players are not too intelligent. As with most assumptions, they're wrong.
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There are certain battles that you pick. When they're not worth picking, they're laughable stories.
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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.
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My parents were always very strict, and they gave me the right beliefs in how to treat people. It was very strict and all about morals - I try to pass that on to my own children.
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Being at a club that supported me meant a lot.
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I'll never forget where I'm from, never forget my roots. It doesn't matter where I live. I'm English, simple as that.
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No one's ever really given me any style advice. I wear what I want, and it doesn't matter what other people think.
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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.
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Over the years, when I've seen players retire, when you ask them about it, they always say you'll know when you're ready, and I think I know when I'm ready. I think I'm ready.
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I feel this pang of regret whenever I watch sport; this sense that I will never play a big match again.
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People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.
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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.
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I don't do anything unless I can give it 100%.
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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.
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I don't have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It's something I love doing.
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You start realising as you get older that there are some kids who don't know who you are.
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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.
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It's so important to have manners and treat people from all walks of life the way they should be treated.
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I have always found it an honor that people have wanted to buy my shirt and an honor that fans turn up to watch the team I am playing in. I have always found that a huge honor.
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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.
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Every situation has changed me as a person.
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At the end of the day, I'm a footballer who has played at some of the biggest football clubs in the world and played with some of the best players in the world.
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I like nice clothes, whether they're dodgy or not.