Beckham: "Whatever I do, I want to be the best."

Beckham: "Throughout my career I have been pretty successful, I've played for some pretty big teams, represented my country quite a few times, and played for managers without sentiment."

Beckham: "I never do anything half-heartedly. I will continue to work hard and play hard and do everything I can to be successful, whatever I do."

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

Beckham: "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."

Beckham: "I still look at myself and want to improve."

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."

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

Beckham: "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."

Beckham: "That was my way of getting through difficult times of low confidence - hard work."

Beckham: "It's one thing I like about America - they respect the sportsman. They put them up on a pedestal. They don't try to knock them down. And that's a great thing, to be respected by the whole country. It's so patriotic!"

Beckham: "I always say that practice gets you to the top most of the time."

Beckham: "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."

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

Beckham: "I've played under some of the biggest and best managers and achieved almost everything in football. Of course it hurts when people question it, but I've come to the end of my career and can look back and say I've achieved everything with every club that I've played for."

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

Beckham: "Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman."

Beckham: "Always have something to look forward to."

Beckham: "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."

Beckham: "As a footballer, you always want to test yourself against the best."

Beckham: "I always wanted kids I could take to work, and for them to experience the things I experience. So, having three boys as a footballer was a dream."

Beckham: "It's so important to have manners and treat people from all walks of life the way they should be treated."

Beckham: "I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play."

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