David Beckham Quotes (108 Quotes)

On being put out of the World Cup That was the past, this is the future.

I believe Roy Keane has a few more years left. I haven't spoken to him for a long time but I know the person he is.

The club have already expressed their feelings in wanting me to stay a few more years. I want to stay at Real Madrid -- but we'll see.

I think he would work well. One of his biggest qualities is his man-management the way he treats the players and what he gets out of the players. He gives the players a lot of respect.

It's been decided that he is going, but it could have been done at a better time. We could have done without this, leading up to the World Cup.

I want to be part of a country that is passionate about sport.

I'm captain but so many other players are captain of their club sides and we need that. We are lucky to have that.

I am honored to have been asked to go to Singapore for what will be a historic vote,

I know I've been given a talent which can't disappear just like that. For four games I didn't perform like I can. I want to prove that's right.

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 went into the World Cup always worrying about getting fit for the first game and I haven't got that worry now,

It is important for me to have four or five more years in football.

I went for the gaffer. I don't know if I've ever lost control like that in my life before. It was like some mad scene out of a gangster movie.

People don't think I've got the brains to be that clever.

The club have said they want to talk to me about signing a new deal and I am very happy to do that,

I'm confident enough to overcome anything and carry on. There's always pressure taking penalties, whether it's on the Hackney Marshes (in London) or in the World Cup final, ... I'll put myself up again and take another one.

My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.

It's a great honor to play in the same game as Luis, and hopefully we'll come out on top,

He's the man who brought me to the club and that's why people have turned around this morning and said 'will I be leaving'. I've got a great relationship with him but I've also got a great relationship with the other board members and directors and players and fans.

One of the reasons why Brooklyn didn't go to a (Spanish) school was because of the press attention,

If it all ended tomorrow, I would hope that people would write about captaining England 50 times, the 86 caps, winning the European Cup, six Premiership titles, two FA Cups, ... So many goals and games for United. And, hopefully, there is still a trophy with England and Madrid.

I've been waiting for this moment for three years. From the start I wanted to wear Real Madrid's shirt in England. There's a special aura about being a Real Madrid player and I want to show it in England. To play in London, where I was born, is going to be very special.

There are probably going to be many teams and many players who are going to try and wind Wayne Rooney up. He can handle it. Everyone knows he's a great talent. It's been well documented about his discipline but I don't think there's going to be a problem.

Every situation has changed me as a person.

I think the next England manager should be someone who's going to be right for the job whether he is English or foreign. I think the players would be happy to play under anyone if they are good for the team. But all the talk needs to stop about who's coming in because we need to concentrate on a huge competition.

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

I thought the first yellow was harsh and the second even harsher,

I still look at myself and want to improve.

The most important thing is that he is the right man for the job. I know the majority would prefer an English boss and we have got some good English bosses out there, but there are also some great foreign managers.

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

I am happier now than I have ever been.

Wayne can be whoever he wants to be. He's a great young lad and he's at the right club to be looked after and to be brought through. If he carries on doing what he's doing, creating chances for players and for himself, he's going to deserve those comparisons.

Joining Real Madrid is a dream come true.

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

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.

I like nice clothes, whether they're dodgy or not.

Nothing amazes me anymore.

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

David Beckham has insisted that he wants to stay at Real Madrid, despite rumors that he is planning a summer return to the English Premier League. Ever since I moved here people have said I am going to Chelsea but I'm happy in Madrid and I want to stay at Real Madrid, ... I've never said that I wanted to leave this club.

We do need to share that out because Frank's showed this season that he gets forward, he scores goals, gets in some great positions,

I went through a tough time for maybe three years after that,

I don't think I'm really in a situation to complain, because I consider myself to be privileged to be doing what I do.

Being at a club that supported me meant a lot.

This is the first time I've come back to London and I wanted it to be a happy occasion - but it's not.

However the club has already said they want me to stay. I am happy there and would like to stay there.

The squad had a get together yesterday just with the players, and it felt like being part of a club side,

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

I come from the east end of London where the main Olympic Park will be, so I am really excited by the plans for the development of the area.

A lot was made of our last performance and rightly so because it was not up to the level we are capable of,

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