“I love football and I love winning, and when things aren’t going right I get annoyed.”

Maths is totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school.

I always used to go for blondes and quiet girls, but Victoria is the total opposite – dark and loud.

I have come to accept that if I have a new haircut it is front page news. But having a picture of my foot on the front page of a national newspaper is a bit exceptional.

Joining Real Madrid is a dream come true.

I still look at myself and want to improve.

To this day, one of my proudest achievements is captaining my country.

I haven’t retired from international football – I still believe I have a part to play in the future of England.

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

I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.

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

Wayne’s like my son, Brooklyn, who goes out in the garden to play and have fun.

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.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Being at a club that supported me meant a lot.

That was in the past – we’re in the future now.

I didn’t want to go there [America] at 34 years old and for people to say he’s only going for the money. It’s not what I’m going out there to do

The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.

Ah! how annoying that the law doesn’t allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.

Days when I have things to say but have no idea how to pit them out there – are the most annoying.

I think I’m the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ – I’m pretty annoying, but driven.

It annoys the hell out of me when people say, This is the kitchen, and this is the bathroom. What am I, Helen Keller? I mean, it’s pretty obvious when you’re in a kitchen and when you’re not.

Nothing annoys me more than having the most trivial action analyzed and explained.

I usually don’t like to annoy people in asking to work with them.

I know that you are annoyed with me because of how holy you are and because your sacrifice has not made me holy, too.