Victoria Beckham quotes:

I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card.

I want my kids to have a good work ethic. I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.

We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house and I was sitting on his lap. We're very affectionate. And I looked at him and thought after being married for 11 years! We were the only couple who were even near each other at that party. We're soul mates.

My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!

I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well. I believe in creative visualization. So for me to go to America - which I find such a positive place - well, I took to it like a duck to water.

I am a control freak. I am very hands on and pay attention to details.

In England, David and I are big fish in a small pond. But in L.A., we are tiny, tiny, tiny fish in a big pond.

People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl.

I have always loved fashion since I was a kid and customized my school uniforms.

I'm a very, very healthy eater. I eat lots of fish, lots of vegetables, lots of fruit. I don't eat junk food.

When I dress in a certain way and do my hair and makeup in a certain way, it's not to get attention.

I actually used to smile a lot in pictures. I think I only stopped smiling when I got into fashion. Fashion stole my smile!

I love what I do professionally, I'm really blessed. But my priority is my husband and my children.

My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.

I love America. It's such a positive country.

You know, I love America. It's such a positive country.

I very, very rarely get the opportunity to go shopping and actually feel the clothes and try things on. I love shopping, but I do it mostly through Net-a-Porter.

You've got to trust people. And because I am a control freak, sometimes that's difficult for me, because I want to micro-manage absolutely everything. I can't hand over. But I'm trying to do that more.

I'm not one of these people that needs to feel loved. I don't need to see my picture everywhere.

I've been to parties in L.A. that are mind-blowing. I mean, quite literally mind-blowing. People get cellphones in the party bag, that sort of thing. Fabulous, fabulous parties.

When you're in a position to be paparazzi-ed just walking down the street, you'd look a little daft if you were smiling all the time.

My children and my husband make me smile. My work makes me smile.

You have to remember that when you are a performer you become a celebrity, but you are not saving lives. It's not that important.

I am very career minded, and I think my personality is more suited to America. I am a working mother.

This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well.

The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.

I love fashion, and that's how I express myself.

I don't know much about football. I know what a goal is, which is surely the main thing about football.

I very, very rarely get the opportunity to go shopping and actually feel the clothes and try things on.

He (David Beckham) does have a huge one, though. He does. You can see it in the advert. It is all his. It is like a tractor exhaust pipe!

I've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there's a parents' night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that.

I tell you, the paparazzi would not be sitting outside if they realized I was the most boring person in Hollywood.

It is dog friendly nail polish, before we even go there because I know that is an issue. She's a bulldog, she needs all the help she can get. We've tried to feminize her a little bit and make her feel sexy!

You'd have thought they'd have been on about Sir Elton John, and the fantastic goals David has scored which have got us through to the World Cup. But what they were really interested in was that I was holding a bag that had 'Sex' written on it. It's quite bizarre.

I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.

If you haven't got it. Fake it! Too short? Wear big high heels, but do practice walking!

Someone once I asked my son Cruz, 'When's your birthday?' and he told them, 'It's just after Fashion Week!'

What do you wear on a running machine? I can't bring myself to wear flat shoes.

I can't concentrate in flats.

I can't concentrate in flats. I could go to the gym if I wore flats, I'd love to go to the gym, but I just can't get my head around the footwear.

I'm feminine, but I wouldn't say that I'm girly in any way at all.

I'm not worried about what's in fashion, what's not in fashion, what are the colors of the season. I go with my gut instinct because every time I haven't it's been a mistake.

I have a lot on my plate. I'm not going to lie about it, I'm tired. I'm really tired but I'm also very happy with my life.

I'm not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does.

Everybody changes. I love fashion, and I love changing my style, my hair, my makeup, and everything I've done in the past has made me what I am now. Not everyone is going to like what I do, but I look back at everything, and it makes me smile.

These people are amazing. It's so emotional I was thinking about wearing waterproof mascara.

I don't have a nanny or a housekeeper, and I only have a cleaner for one hour each week. I finish work and go home. I cook the dinner. I run into Tesco and do the housework in the evening.

I've been that celebrity on the red carpet, and I appreciate that something hasn't got to just look good from the front, from the back, it's got to look good at all angles.

I believe in creative visualization.

People always think I'm taller than I am - not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It's all relatively streamlined.

I have started smiling! I've mastered this smirk; it's a smile that isn't a smile.

When I was on stage with the Spice Girls, I thought people were there to see the other four and not me.

I have no intention of ever working with the (Spice) girls again.

More than anyone, I am aware of the preconceptions. I was a Spice Girl. I'm married to a footballer.

I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got.

When I dress in a certain way and do my hair and makeup in a certain way, it's not to get attention. I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got. I work out to look the best that I can.

I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.

Everyone's showing their thong out the back of their jeans. But you shouldn't wear any. You get a better line if you wear no knickers.

I never try to follow a trend or fashion.

I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well.

I'm living in Beverly Hills. I'm very, very lucky. I wake up every morning and I recognize that I'm blessed.

I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.

I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.

For me to go to America - which I find such a positive place - well, I took to it like a duck to water.

I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.

When I started out in fashion, everything had to be very structured and tight and controlling, and now I'm getting to a point where I think - I could wear a great big parka, that could be quite fabulous. I haven't always got to show off my size, show off my shape. It's a turning point for me.

If you have a surreal life like I do, you've got to have fun along the way.

I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

My aim is to create the perfect dress!

I appreciate that young girls look up to me. And I take that very seriously.

First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy.

I love fashion - I really feel it's where I belong.

[My boys] bloody well will work. Same as myself, same as David. They're not going to be the kinds of kids that just hang about. I want them to be able to fulfill their passions, but I think it's important that the children grow up and have respect for themselves.

And while everybody was busy laughing, what was I doing? I was laying the foundation to what I have in place now.

Before I became famous I used to think there's no smoke without fire. But believe me, there can be a fire without smoke.

Drink whatever you like, just so long as it coordinates with your nail varnish.

Fame is not like a jacket. You can't put it on and then take it off.

Hold on to your knickers, girls!

I am eating more. I think you do eat more when you're working out. And you want to eat healthily, so it's good all round.

I become quite obsessive when I get into something.

I can live with my own mistakes. I can't live with anybody else's.

I consider all of my pieces to be investment pieces. A dress shouldn't be worn for one season - you should be able to wear it year after year.

I do go to football sometimes but I don't know the offside rule or free-kicks - or side kicks - or whatever they're called.

I don't want to be seen smiling, having fun, or eating.

I don't believe anyone who says they don't care what people say about them. Of course they bloody well do.

I don't follow fashion and I don't follow trends, I just follow my instincts

I don't have any issues with my age.

I don't want to be made to look like I'm 25. I'm 39. I don't have any issues with my age.

I don't wear heels every day, but when I'm out, that's how I feel confident.

I dress sexily - but not in an obvious way. Sexy in a virginal way

I keep fit by running after my three boys all day.

I never take anything for granted. I think it's very cool to still get excited about things. I get as excited now as I ever did when I get a chauffeur driven car pick me up and I stay in a fantastic hotel or get to fly in a private plane. I never want to get blasé.

I read once that elegance is a privilege of age. I thought, that's so true. You get more comfortable with yourself as you get older.

I spent the whole summer with my boobs out, breastfeeding. I loved it. It was heaven.

I take care of myself. I work out every day. I eat healthy. But I like to have fun too.

I think as I have got older, I have got a bit more relaxed, although you might not think that if you heard me screaming at my kids.

I think the sexiest thing about a woman is confidence, but confidence in a humble way, not in an arrogant way.

I used to feel famous, but now I feel successful.

I want to reach as many women throughout the world as I can.

I was an okay singer. I was an okay dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

I was never a natural. I got there in the end because I did believe that if you work hard enough, then you can achieve a lot.

I was very obsessed. I mean, I could tell you the fat content and the calorie content in absolutely anything.

I'm a gay man in a woman's body.

I'm smiling on the inside. I feel I have a responsibility to the fashion community.

If you can get your head around your dream it means your dream isn't big enough.

I'm still me even after all that's happened.

I'm very proud to be British, and my brand is British.

It's not healthy to be jealous.

I've always been a worker. I've never expected be given anything.

I've been in the public eye for about 15 or 16 years and I'm very aware that fame is not a given. I have to maintain it. It's not just something that will always be there.

I've got a lot that I want to do, so I would like to expand my empire, for sure. I love it.

Just as I love women, I love gay men. I always say it: inside me there is a gay man who wants to come out.

Most famous people get younger and younger. I sometimes ask myself that question: 'How come I'm the only person who's getting older?'

So what if you end up buying a size 6 instead of a 4? You can always cut out the label at home, and you'll pretty soon forget whatever that number was because you'll be too busy admiring how fantastic you look.

Some people aren't satisfied that I'm a gay man in a woman's body and swear that I'm secretly a real boy.

Some wedges are great but you can look like your feet are encased in cement.

Sometimes it's frustrating if I'm out with the kids and have to deal with the paparazzi. That comes with it though. But it was fun becoming famous. I mean, I even wanted to one of the kids in FAME when I was growing up.

Sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. Sunglasses and a great pair of heels can turn most outfits around.

The only time I get upset by things written about me - when people write irresponsible things about my weight.... I appreciate that young girls look up to me. And I take that very seriously.