David Beckham Player Quotations

At the end of the day, I'm a footballer who has played at some of the biggest football clubs in the world and played with some of the best players in the world.

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.

Sol is a great player, and you don't become a bad player just because of two or three bad games.

I'd love him to be playing against us, because he is one of my closest friends and because he is a great player - and you want to play against the best.

He showed once again what a great player he is and we got to swap shirts at the end.

This team [England] has some of the best players in England

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

That goal [in the 1998 World Cup] changed me-not as a person, but as a player. People have looked at me differently ever since. It gave me confidence and now I feel I can achieve anything.

Interviewer: Would it be fair to describe you as a volatile player? Beckham: Well, I can play in the centre, on the right and occasionally on the left side.

I hope I become a better player day after day. This is one of my goals. I want to improve in every situation, but when you are playing along with top figures, it is a quality bonus and a bigger effort. Besides, the Spanish Liga also gives you the chance to progress and improve.

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

Paul Scholes was always unbelievably talented. Quiet. And dirty. When he got his tackle right, it was a great tackle. But when he got it wrong, he could kill someone. He was so talented and a player I feel honoured to have played with.

To have a successful team, you have to have great players of course - but you have to have good personalities and good people as well.

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.

I want, and I'm convinced that I will, end my career at Real Madrid. In football you can never tell what's going to happen, but I still think that I've got a lot to give as a player and I would like to continue at one of the best clubs in the world - Real Madrid. I want to stay here for many more years, for as long as Real Madrid want me to stay.

Anyone would welcome a player like Michael back into the team. He'll be on a high after signing for Newcastle,

As a person he is incredible, as a player he's better. Roy Keane brings a lot more to a team than just playing on the pitch.

Beckham is the player who works more than anyone here and he plays in a position that is not his. He makes sacrifices for the team. He does not play just to sell shirts.