Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robbie Williams

When I met David Beckham I didn't know whether to shake his hand or lick his face

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

It is nice to know that even David Beckham doesn't have good taste in everything.

I was stretching on the sidelines when Beckham came to take a corner and by chance I started coughing as he struck the corner,

But we can most certainly stop the sort of nonsense Beckham had to put up with before the game from happening again.

Robert Pires

If Beckham had scored the match would have been over. There was no way for us to come back, ... The save proved that we were still in the game, that we had not given it up.

Sven Eriksson

I don't have any problem with Beckham as captain. I have not spoken to him about the dismissal. I don't know what happened but you do get sent off in football. He is going to be captain in Germany.

Corey Haim

I absolutely did date Victoria Beckham, yes.

Alexi Lalas

David Beckham is not bigger than the Galaxy.

Gordon Taylor

David Beckham is a patriot, and I am sure he will help in any way he can. Beckham needs to be part of any future plans to remould the England set-up. Beckham and players like him need to be integrated into the set-up in the same way that the Germans take on board former players from Beckenbauer to Rummenigge.

Diego Maradona

Beckham is a nice man and I'm sure he will reach 100 appearances for England. But he is just a good player, nothing more.

We panicked a little bit. Beckham forced a shot with a couple of extra seconds left, but that happens.

Fabien Barthez

You have to create your own luck. At 2-0 the match is over. With a Beckham penalty it is 90 percent luck for a goalkeeper and 10 percent concentration.

Steven Gerrard

This time round, there's ... a good mix of youth and experience. It could be the likes of David Beckham and Gary Neville's last World Cup, so I think everyone's going to be desperate this time round to deliver.

George Best

Owen is great and Beckham is good. Owen is direct, fast and scores goals. Beckham has other qualities which make him good, but what makes a player different is the danger he poses to the opposing defense. That's where Owen is better than Beckham.

A number of senior players have already given their support to the tour, while David Beckham and Michael Owen will be joining for the game in New Jersey following the end of the Spanish season,

Gurinder Chadha

In many ways, Beckham is the perfect catch for an Indian mother. He loves his wife, he has a son, he is also a good father and he's changed the meaning of what we used to consider the traditional macho footballer.

Michael Owen

David Beckham and Jonathan Woodgate were trying to persuade me to stay at Real, but in the end I had to come home.

Sven Eriksson

It was not a good tackle and cost him one more yellow card. But if I have something to say to Beckham I will do it to him, not to you.

I really challenged our guys in the locker room before the game, especially our seniors. Beckham did an outstanding job of talking to the guys in the locker room, and getting them motivated a little bit, and it was the difference in the game.

Beckham is a great player, he was in the midst of everything.

I own some Victoria Beckham dresses; they make me feel great.

How about mentioning that this is the best performance from England for ages. Or that the team are not missing Beckham at all.

Sean Maguire

I'm very lucky with the people that recognise me - it's at a very tolerable level. I don't think I could handle the level of recognition which David Beckham has.