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" I've got my wife. I've got my four kids. I've got parents, grandparents still, and three really good friends. It's all you need. I'd rather have three really good friends than 20 good friends. "

David Beckham

Friends

You

Wife

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" Football's the biggest game in the world. America's the greatest sporting nation there is. To play some part in putting those two things together: why wouldn't I be excited about that? "

" The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by. "

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Learning

Will

" I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country. "

" I don't regret anything, but that doesn't mean that I don't look back and think, 'What was I thinking?' "

" I've seen the growth of this game in this country, the stadiums that were built, the great European players that have come and the great American players who've been created. Americans want to be number one at everything. And they are at baseball, football, basketball. Soccer is growing fast, and I want to be a part of that. "

" I would never complain about the position I'm in or the attention I get. At the end of the day, I'm very lucky to have what I have and do what I do, but I don't see myself as any different from anyone else who works hard and is a dad and a husband. "

" Being hardworking is the best thing you can show children. "

" Everyone's been so quick to say that I'm really thick or I haven't got a brain. People will think whatever they want to think. "

" When you get older, you mature, and you start liking flowers. Although I try and keep it manly. "

" I don't do anything unless I can give it 100%. "

" My parents were always very strict, and they gave me the right beliefs in how to treat people. It was very strict and all about morals - I try to pass that on to my own children. "

" In my career, there's many things I've won and many things I've achieved, but for me, my greatest achievement is my children and my family. It's about being a good father, a good husband, just being connected to family as much as possible. "

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Family

Children

" 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. "

" Nothing amazes me anymore. "

" 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. "

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Over

Goal

" I've got friends in the different teams I've played for, but family is the most important thing to me. That will always be the case. "

" 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. "

" Two of my boys are Manchester United fans; one is an Arsenal fan. Whenever there is a game I can take the boys to, I love taking them. "

" People look at my tattoos, and the majority of them are religious images, so people think, 'Oh, he must be very religious'. I respect all religions, but I'm not a deeply religious person. But I try and live life in the right way, respecting other people. "

" On the fragrance side, I think it's important that it's not overpowering, a fragrance on a man or a woman. I think it's important to see the person before you smell them. Less is more. "

" There are certain battles that you pick. When they're not worth picking, they're laughable stories. "

" I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me. "

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Little

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