David Quotes

I don't regret the decision to retire. My body was losing its edge. I was taking longer to recover from injuries. You have to get out at some point.

[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.

I dream a lot about football and a lot of them have come true for me.

I don't think I have reached a plateau. I have just reached the level where I am today. But I need to go above it.

I've heard some of Victoria's new album and it's frightening.

It's is always nice to be respected as a footballer. I am going to go out and enjoy the game and if I can set one or two goals up then so be it - I would love to.

Maths is totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school.

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

To this day, one of my proudest achievements is captaining my country.

Two of my boys are Manchester United fans; one is an Arsenal fan. Whenever there is a game I can take the boys to, I love taking them.

This team [England] has some of the best players in England

It's my responsibility to walk around the hotel with a big smile on my face and not worry about what's happened in the last game.

I still believe I have a part to play for England.

I have always found it an honor that people have wanted to buy my shirt and an honor that fans turn up to watch the team I am playing in. I have always found that a huge honor.

Being at a club that supported me meant a lot.

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.

I feel this pang of regret whenever I watch sport; this sense that I will never play a big match again.

I've felt a little tired, but I'm only 24. I love playing football. That's my job and that's what I love doing.

I would like to have Brooklyn christened but I'm not sure which religion yet.

To play with Zinedine Zidane was the biggest honour I have had in my career...

We're definitely going to get Brooklyn christened, but we don't know into which religion.

The game is in a neutral country for both teams.

I would walk back from the United States to play for England again.

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.

My work ethic is something that I thought would help the team.

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.

I needed two stitches after Alex kicked the boot at me. (on Ferguson)

That goal [in the 1998 World Cup] changed me-not as a person, but as a player. People have looked at me differently ever since. It gave me confidence and now I feel I can achieve anything.

No matter who our opponents are, or who we are playing against, we want to win the game.

I've got my wife. I've got my four kids. I've got parents, grandparents still, and three really good friends. It's all you need. I'd rather have three really good friends than 20 good friends.

I'm used to being around kids. Even when I was growing up in London, I had an older sister, I had a younger sister that I used to look after from time to time.

Football's the biggest game in the world. America's the greatest sporting nation there is. To play some part in putting those two things together: why wouldn't I be excited about that?

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.

I'm happy in Madrid, my kids are happy and my wife is happy, so everything's good. If anyone knows about contracts they take a while to sort out.

Coaching is not something I'm passionate about. I'm passionate about coaching kids

Our performance during this World Cup has not been enough to progress further and both myself and all the players regret that and are hurt more than people realise.

The criticism hurts sometimes and I worry about the effect on my family.

Well I'm the Prince and I'm sort of slaying a dragon - which is something I've never done before, obviously.

Pelé was a complete player. I didn't see him live obviously, because I wasn't born.

Wayne's like my son, Brooklyn, who goes out in the garden to play and have fun.

There is always scope for football to be more charitable but a lot happens already. Personally I have always been passionate about charity.

People in Hong Kong are stylish and fashionable, which is one of the many reasons making Hong Kong itself such an energetic place.

Keeping fit is really important as playing football is all I've ever wanted to do.

In painting as in prose, a good eye is not enough to tell you whether what you see is real or fake.

Every adaptation requires that the screenwriter make difficult choices - and in particular, difficult cuts.

The secret to winning a woman is calculated neglect.

I like having my own story remain my story.

Fiction novels, that's my game.

Everyone knew this was the episode that was going to make or break the season.

I was half asleep but I smiled. In spite of all his irritating qualities, I couldn't help liking a man who despised a fictional character with such passion.