My secret is practice.

Interviewer: Would it be fair to describe you as a volatile player? Beckham: Well, I can play in the centre, on the right and occasionally on the left side.

In Spain people have lunch and dinner a lot later - when I return to England I'll have to eat alone at midnight.

To have a successful team, you have to have great players of course - but you have to have good personalities and good people as well.

I am happier now than I have ever been.

You will go through tough times, it's about getting through them.

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