David Beckham is a famous professional football player from England who is currently retired. Beckham is also the current president of the football club Inter Milan CF. He was an ex-national player for the England football team. He is also played for the Manchester United football club in the Barclays English Premier League as well as playing for the LA Galaxy football club in America. He was born on the 2nd of May in the year of 1975. He is currently aged 43 years old now. David Beckham is married to Victoria Beckham and has 4 children from his marriage.
David Beckham was a respected player in the football world and he became the first player from Great Britain to participate in a 100 UEFA Champions League matches. His senior football career lasted for 20 years, and he retired on the month of May in 2013, having won an astounding 19 major trophies in his entire career. He is famous among his fans for bending the football through his amazing kicks, and thus he earned the title ‘Bend it like Beckham’. David Beckham was one of the highest paid athletes when he was active in the football world in the early part of the 21st century.
- “The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.” – David Beckham
- “I treat my job as a hobby. It’s something I love doing.” – David Beckham
- “I always say that practice gets you to the top most of the time.” – David Beckham
- “Every situation has changed me as a person.” – David Beckham
- “It’s a man’s job to respect a woman but it’s a woman’s job to give him something to respect.” – David Beckham
- “That was my way of getting through difficult times of low confidence – hard work.” – David Beckham
- “I don’t regret anything but that doesn’t mean that I don’t look back and think, what was I thinking?” – David Beckham
- “When you have children—young children and older children going to university in America—you are of course concerned and worried. What are their lives going to be like? That’s my main concern. Obviously there are a lot of other things in terms of how businesses are going to survive, how people from Europe and other parts of the world are going to cope with changes. Hopefully that is going to be worked out. But in this current climate it’s uncertain.” – David Beckham
- “I never do anything half-heartedly. I will continue to workhard and do everything I can to be successful, whatever I do.” – David Beckham
- “I have got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line, or everything has to be in pairs.” – David Beckham
- “What matters is being a good father and a good husband—just being connected to family as much as possible. Being a dad is more important than football, more important than anything. I adore children. I love the fact our children are part of both of us. It’s one of the most amazing things ever.” – David Beckham
- “It’s so important to have manners and treat people from all walks of life the way they should be treated.” – David Beckham
- “People in Hong Kong are stylish and fashionable, which is one of the many reasons making Hong Kong itself such an energetic place.” – David Beckham
- “We always make time for each other. Our boys are our main priority, but we have a date night every Wednesday.” – David Beckham
- “Hindsight is a wonderful thing.” – David Beckham
- “My parents were always very strict, and they gave me the right beliefs in how to treat people – I try to pass that on to my own children.” – David Beckham
- “I’m a very stubborn person. I think it has helped me over my career. I’m sure it has hindered me at times as well, but not too many times. I know that if I set my mind to do something, even if people are saying I can’t do it, I will achieve it.” – David Beckham
- “It’s always important to have your own mind.” – David Beckham
- “Don’t be like most people. Most people give up on their dreams.” – David Beckham
- “The style thing, it’s not something I do on purpose, I don’t wake up in the morning and think I’m going to wear this and this today, I just go out in what I feel comfortable in.” – David Beckham
- “Always have something to look forward to. Whatever it is. If you don’t have that, you lose interest, you become stale.” – David Beckham
- “My kids always want me to make pasta. They absolutely love it, so I wanted to be able to make them great pasta. Now I make linguine all the time for them.” – David Beckham
- “Success begins with a state of mind. If you want success start thinking of yourself as a success.” – David Beckham
- “I never grew up expecting to be famous.” – David Beckham
- “The tattoos are a way of me expressing deeper feelings about the things I care about and love. Am I done? Probably not.…Think Victoria’s given up on telling me to stop now. She used to. She used to say, ‘Do you have to?’ But she knows it makes me happy.” – David Beckham
- “I think it’s important to always look after yourself whatever your age. For me it feels instinctive and I don’t wear something because of what anyone would think. It has to feel right for the person and if people are complimentary, then it’s a bonus.” – David Beckham
- “We’ve got strong parents. We were brought up with the right values. Of course, you make mistakes over the years. We all know marriage is difficult at times, and it’s about working through it. Whenever we’ve come up against tough times, we know each other better than anybody knows us. We have an amazing life which we are very respectful of.” – David Beckham
- “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” – David Beckham
- “There is always scope for football to be more charitable but a lot happens already. Personally I have always been passionate about charity.” – David Beckham
- “I know that I will always regret it later in life if I had turned down the chance to play at another great club like Real Madrid…” – David Beckham
- “The criticism hurts sometimes and I worry about the effect on my family.” – David Beckham
- “Well I’m the Prince and I’m sort of slaying a dragon – which is something I’ve never done before, obviously.” – David Beckham
- “Pelé was a complete player. I didn’t see him live obviously, because I wasn’t born.” – David Beckham
- “I’m surprised I still have so much hair after all the things I’ve done with it.” – David Beckham
- “I dream a lot about football and a lot of them have come true for me.” – David Beckham
