Quotes from David Beckham.

"I dream a lot about football and a lot of them have come true for me."
-David Beckham.

"The England team should be managed by an English manager."
-David Beckham.

"Whenever Man Utd lose people always say there's a crisis."
-David Beckham.

"As a footballer you always want to test yourself against the best."
-David Beckham.

"If someone had said in 1998 after my sending off in the World Cup that I would be leading my country out within three years I would have laughed in their face."
-David Beckham.

"In Spain people have lunch and dinner a lot later - when I return to England I'll have to eat alone at midnight."
-David Beckham.

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

"Well, I can play in the centre, on the right and occasionally on the left side" - when asked if he thought that he was a volatile player
-David Beckham.

"I like Victoria for herself, not for nothing else. I'd like her if she worked in Tesco."
-David Beckham.

"Shopping!" - Beckham describing his strengths
-David Beckham.

"At home things are hard. For instance, my curtains are never open, I get no privacy at all. In fact, I can't remember the last time I saw daylight in my house."
-David Beckham.

"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."
-David Beckham.

On Real Madrid: "To experience playing and being in the same team as these players is something that might not ever happen again - to have so many players in one team. I just wanted to be one of these stars and play in this team."
-David Beckham.

"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."
-David Beckham.

"I definitely want (my son) Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet."
-David Beckham.

"During the past few months, I have become accustomed to reading more and more ludicrous stories about my private life. The simple truth is that I am very happily married, have a wonderful wife and two very special kids. There is nothing that any third party can do to change these facts." - denying any affair with his former personal assistant, Rebecca Loos.
-David Beckham.

"The way I and my family have been treated is an absolute disgrace. At the end of the day, I'm a nice person and loving husband and father. I've been called a bad father, I've been called a bad husband and my wife has been called a bad mother. Things always hurt that are said about my family, and for people to call my wife a bad mother is unbelievable. I'm a strong person, I'm a strong family man, I'm a strong husband and a strong father."
-David Beckham.

"I always wanted to be a hairdresser."
-David Beckham.

"People can say what they like. But me and Victoria will always stay together as husband and wife."
-David Beckham.

"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!"
-David Beckham.