Quotes from David Beckham

Nothing amazes me anymore.

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

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

I'm a strong person, I'm a strong family man, I'm a strong husband and a strong father.

As a footballer you always want to test yourself against the best.

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.

The only time you stop run out of chances is when you stop taking them

post?' At first, he said yes and Ashley started retreating. Then David decided he didn't need him there after all. Ashley came back towards the 18 yard line just as Zizou stepped up towards the ball. Did we, for whatever reason, let our concentration drop for a split second? If we did, it cost us. I'd say, though, that that equaliser was all about the

Rosewood has always been one of my favourite scents, as has the pink grapefruit and pepper we've also put in Homme.

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.

Being at a club that supported me meant a lot.

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.

[Meeting Mandela] was the highlight of my career; to meet such a great man and a strong man and such a passionate man about sport and life will always stay with me.

My grandparents - my mom's parents - they're Jewish. But nobody ever pushed religion onto us. It wasn't something I ever grew up with.

Some men over-tweeze their eyebrows, and it's just too perfect. Men are meant to have kind of a bushy brow. Too much aftershave is also off-putting; it's one of my pet hates.

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.

It's a great honor... and it's an honor to be with her majesty, obviously... I'm very honored to be given this honor. (upon receiving the OBE)

Every situation has changed me as a person.

I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.

I still look at myself and want to improve.

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

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

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

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