"I don't go to clubs, so I don't meet many people. I'm wary of anyone. I think you've got to be."

"He's got more personality than people think and he's very deep and spiritual. He always knows how to dress - that was part of his appeal originally. We've got matching dogs, matching watches, similar wardrobes, matchings Jags. I know its tacky, bit it makes me laugh."
Victoria Adams on David Beckham

"My nan loves to watch me on TV but is always remarking on how often I seem to argue with referees. Worse than that is that my nan is an excellent lip-reader. So she knows exactly what I'm saying."

"At home things are hard. For instance, my curtains are never open, I get no privacy at all. In fact, I can't remember the last time I saw daylight in my house."

"We will see an even better David Beckham because of this."
Phil Neville after Beckham's sending off against Argentina

"When he wants you to kick the ball he yells `It it', which sounds really funny. Then when you get into the back of his car, he says: `Don't scuff me levver'. We're always imitating him, but he doesn't mind, he just laughs."
Ryan Giggs on David Beckham

"We used to bring him to games in London - he was our mascot at West Ham when he was 12."
Alex Ferguson on David Beckham

"His goal against Wimbledon was the best I've seen in my life. It will never be bettered."
Matthew Le Tissier on David Beckham's goal against Wimbeldon on the first day of the 96-97 season

"I am quite a confident person, but I do get nervous... the nerves last about five minutes then I relax."

"David Beckham is Britain's finest striker of a football not because of God-given talent but because he practises with a relentless application that the vast majority of less gifted players wouldn't contemplate."
Alex Ferguson on David Beckham