SPAIN: SOCCER - FOOTBALLER DAVID BECKHAM AT A MADRID PRESS CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH HIS NEW BOOK 'MY SIDE'

Record ID: 190161

  • Title: SPAIN: SOCCER - FOOTBALLER DAVID BECKHAM AT A MADRID PRESS CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH HIS NEW BOOK 'MY SIDE'
  • Date: 12th September 2003
  • Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (SEPTEMBER 12, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. OUTSIDE OF HOTEL 2. PRESS 3. DAVID BECKHAM WALKING OUT OF HOTEL 4. VARIOUS OF BECKHAM POSING WITH BOOK 5. PRESS AT NEWS CONFERENCE 6. BECKHAM ENTERING ROOM 7. SOUNDBITE (English) DAVID BECKHAM SAYING: "It's very flattering that so many people are interested in me and my life. Of course there are amusing parts of it but more than anything it's flattering because the amount of letters and the amount of press that I do get, 95 percent of it is positive and I thank people for that." (JOURNALIST ASKS IF HE UNDERSTANDS ALL THE INTEREST) "Not really. It's hard to understand the interest that my life creates but I'd never complain about it because it's very flattering." 8. CAMERA CREWS 9. SOUNDBITE (English) DAVID BECKHAM SAYING: "I think the most difficult chapter to write was probably my mum and dad's divorce. That was the hardest part for me to write because I'd gone through so many emotions through that and I felt, as I said in the book, that it was the only thing, I've had a number of things happen in my career and life, 95 percent of them have been good and the other 5 percent not so good. That was the only part that I felt I had no control of and didn't know what to do. That was definitely the hardest chapter to write." 10. COVER OF BOOK 11. SOUNDBITE (English) DAVID BECKHAM SAYING: "I think that I've got so many fans across the world of all different age groups, from young children, boys and girls, up to nans and granddads and I think people just like reading a nice story and it is a nice story. It's from my heart the book and everything that's in the book is the truth. People like to read that and hopefully people like it." 12. PRESS 13. SOUNDBITE (English) DAVID BECKHAM SAYING: "I'm very excited (about the Champion League). This is obviously the first game Tuesday and I'm looking forward to it. It's a new project, a new team and a new start in the Champions League so it's an exciting time for me and the team at the moment." 14. PRESS 15. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th September 2003 13:00
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  • Location: MADRID, SPAIN
  • Country: Spain
  • Reuters ID: LVA71F1WSJK1LEB2P5M6E1OZNQ3V
  • Story Text: David Beckham was speaking in Madrid on Friday (September 12) at the
    launch of his new book 'My Side'.

    Beckham said that he while he didn't understand why people were so
    interested in him, he was grateful.

    "It's very flattering that so many people are interested in me and my
    life," said the Real Madrid midfielder.

    "Of course there are amusing parts of it but more than anything it's
    flattering because the amount of letters and the amount of press that I do get,
    95 percent of it is positive and I thank people for that."
    The England captain admitted that the hardest part of writing the book was
    the chapter concerning his parents divorce.

    "That was the hardest part for me to write because I'd gone through so many
    emotions through that and I felt, as I said in the book, that it was the only
    thing, I've had a number of things happen in my career and life, 95 percent of
    them have been good and the other 5 percent not so good. That was the only part
    that I felt I had no control of and didn't know what to do," he said.

    Real Madrid open their Champions League campaign against Olympique
    Marseille on Tuesday, a match Beckham is relishing.

    "This is obviously the first game Tuesday and I'm looking forward to it.

    It's a new project, a new team and a new start in the Champions League so it's
    an exciting time for me and the team at the moment."
    Beckham also spoke of his gratitude to Manchester United manager Alex
    Ferguson for helping develop as a player. He went on to admit that although
    although his move to Real Madrid had caused a rift in their relationship they
    had both moved on.


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