393 Quotes by David Beckham

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

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.

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.

Our performance during this World Cup has not been enough to progress further and both myself and all the players regret that and are hurt by that more than people realise.

I don’t regret the decision to retire. My body was losing its edge. I was taking longer to recover from injuries. You have to get out at some point.

Being a dad is more important than football.

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.

I feel I can still do the same job as I did 10 years ago – I’ve just got a few more wrinkles!

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.