Beckham Quotes

• Figo is as important to England as Beckham is.

  Mark Lawrenson

  Important, England

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• Beckham? His wife can't sing and his barber can't cut hair.

  Brian Clough

  Soccer, Cutting, Hair

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• In London there was an article about all these girls bending it like Beckham, and in India there's this big wave of girls playing football. Wow! I can't believe a movie's done this!

  Parminder Nagra

  Girl, Football, Believe

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• The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table.

  Mick Jagger

  Girl, Reading, Stories

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• I got a phone call saying we are from the News of the World, and we're exposing you and David Beckham. My heart did not beat for a minute.

  Rebecca Loos

  Heart, Phones, News

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• Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport.

  Bobby Charlton

  Sports, Kids, Thinking

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• You may find another Beckham or Ronaldo, but never ever will you find another Sir Alex Ferguson.

  Eric Cantona

  Alex, Ferguson, May

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• It was the success of 'Bend it Like Beckham' which got my name out there. 'A Mighty Heart' also helped.

  Archie Panjabi

  Heart, Names

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• People come up to me in supermarkets and demand humour. And the less amusing I am, the more they piss themselves. So I say, "I'm doing my shopping, mate, OK?" and the guy will be on the floor in hysterics. Quite odd. Eventually I do have to say something funny so I usually go for something pathetic like, "It's a nice place to shop but I wouldn't like to live here!" and they roar again. Wet themselves. I'm lucky though that I am not massively famous, I can get the Tube without much bother. Must be awful being the Beckhams.

  Steve Coogan

  Nice, Shopping, People

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• It's the best thing to happen to a sport, that you have a superstar. In football there is always something to write about the Beckhams, same as people want to write about Rooney or Hooney or whatever his bloody name is.

  Bernie Ecclestone

  Sports, Football, Writing

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• David [Beckham] should think that talking is silver, but being quiet is golden.

  Sven-Goran Eriksson

  Thinking, Talking, Golden

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• He is someone I respect [Beckham] as a man and as a player. He is the captain of England and has been a European champion. I have never been critical of him and reports implying that are incorrect as I've never made comments about him

  Jose Mourinho

  Player, Men, Champion

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• This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!

  Nick Moran

  Country, Stupid, Hate

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The pictures from the first professional photo session that the young David
  Beckham submitted himself to are extraordinary. He has a barely suppressed
  smile, as though he and the cameraman are complicit in the understanding
  that this is not yet David Beckham we see and that there is an element of
  deceit in selling the photographs as such

  Julie Burchill

  Understanding, Deceit, Elements

  Julie Burchill (2012). “On Beckham”, p.6, Random House

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• According to the nanny who sold her story, Victoria used to scream at her husband: I gave up my music for you. So, the next time you feel like slagging off David Beckham, just take a moment to ponder on how much we all owe the man.

  Ian O'Doherty

  Soccer, Football, Husband

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• The midfield picks itself - Beckham, Scholes, Gerrard and A N Other.

  Phil Neal

  Scholes, Picks

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• I'm a really smiley person, so I've just learned when I'm doing my own makeup, I have to make sure it's smile ready and not too heavy. As amazing as the Victoria Beckham pout is for photos, I just can't do it!

  Rosario Dawson

  Makeup, Smiley, Heavy

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• There have been times when I've reflected on my international career and just thought: 'Well that was a massive waste of time.' Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000.

  Gary Neville

  Brother, Sorry, Careers

  "Ashley Young emerges from the fog to give England a winger windfall" by Paul Hayward, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2011.

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• I like David Beckham just because of his lifestyle. He don't ever need to score another goal again. How many times has he been on the cover of GQ?

  Wale

  Goal, Needs, Lifestyle

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• He's good at that, David Beckham - he's good at kicking the ball

  Jimmy Armfield

  Balls, Kicking

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• In comparison to the emotionally-charged axing of a striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who averaged 30 goals a season, even the sale of David Beckham for, in Real Madrid's opinion, "peanuts", and the never-explained departure of Jaap Stam appear to be the rational acts of a sage and far-sighted manger. To offload a player because he could not be reconciled with a role within the squad is a failing of management.

  Pete Gill

  Soccer, Football, Real

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• I could find David Beckham naked in a cardboard box on my doorstep and I would drop him off at the pound.

  Olivia Wilde

  Naked, Pounds, Boxes

  "Olivia Wilde, Rashida Jones, Zosia Mamet Talk Sex & Why ‘You Can’t Lie To Your Vagina’" by Emma Gray, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 9, 2012.

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• It's quite possible that Beckham suffers from a mental block at big tournaments

  Franz Beckenbauer

  Block, Suffering, Quitting

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• When I first met him [David Beckham] I didn't know whether to shake his hand or lick his face.

  Robbie Williams

  Soccer, Hands, Faces

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• I know so many players who say they wouldnt entertain coaching, until they retire that is, and then they want to take their coaching badges. I suspect this might happen with David Beckham.

  Gordon Taylor

  Player, Coaching, Want

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