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!
DAVID BECKHAMTo have a successful team, you have to have great players of course – but you have to have good personalities and good people as well.
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I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.
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I dream a lot about football and a lot of them have come true for me.
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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.
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Is the Pope Catholic. No I’m serious. I really need to know.
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I don’t have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It’s something I love doing.
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That was in the past – we’re in the future now.
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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.
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Wayne’s like my son, Brooklyn, who goes out in the garden to play and have fun.
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I’m not silly enough to think I’m going to change the whole culture … but I do have a belief that soccer can go to a different level.
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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’ve always been proud to represent my country, whether it be World Cups, European Championships or just friendly games, I’ve always been a proud person, I’m very patriotic.
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I don’t think I have reached a plateau. I have just reached the level where I am today. But I need to go above it.
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I am happier now than I have ever been.
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The secret to my success is practice!
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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.
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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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One thing will not change – we will be going out to win.
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I work out with my trainer or do an hour of pilates at 6 or 7AM. I’m done by the time my household is awake.
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Every situation has changed me as a person.
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I still believe I have a part to play for England.
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I haven’t retired from international football – I still believe I have a part to play in the future of England.
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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.
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I’ve always come back from adversity, and I’ve always had the mentality of proving people wrong.
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Maths is totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school.
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I feel I can still do the same job as I did 10 years ago – I’ve just got a few more wrinkles!
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Some people think that I haven’t got the brains to be that clever.
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