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

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

"Joining Real Madrid is a dream come true."

"The buzz is still with me. I get goose bumps."

"When you have kids you do grow up. I have just started realising it now-it changes the world, having children."

"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 know that, as captain, you are in a privileged position and must always abide by Fifa's code of fair play, something which I have always done throughout my career."

"I am always going to have problems with the paparazzi. I have had two men outside my house for the last two years, which is frightening at times, but that is my life unfortunately."

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

"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!"

"No one's ever really given me any style advice. I wear what I want, and it doesn't matter what other people think."

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

"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."

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

"I left United, but my Heart didn't"

"It's not easy when someone pulls your ponytail."

"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."

"The secret to my success is practice!"

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"My grandparents - my mom's parents - they're Jewish. But nobody ever pushed religion onto us. It wasn't something I ever grew up with."

"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 don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play."

"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."

"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."

"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?"

"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."

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

"Rosewood has always been one of my favourite scents, as has the pink grapefruit and pepper we've also put in Homme."

"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."

"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 remember how inspiring it was to meet players like Bobby Charlton or Bryan Robson when I was a kid. I still remember Clive Allen showing up when I received a trophy for my Sunday league team."

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

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

"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."

"I think the most important goal I scored in Spain was the first one because people were wary about me coming over to Spain as a player - they thought I was just there to sell shirts."

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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 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."

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

"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."

"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."