David Beckham
Footballer
1975-05-02
Quotes by David Beckham
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Nothing amazes me anymore.
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Soccer is a magical game.
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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!
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Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman.
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The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.
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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.
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I have got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line, or everything has to be in pairs.
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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.
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I love a nice tailored suit, but I also like to dress down. It all depends on what mood I'm in.
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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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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.
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Everyone's been so quick to say that I'm really thick or I haven't got a brain. People will think whatever they want to think.
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Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.
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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.
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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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Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
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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.
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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.
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I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me.
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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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