David Beckham Quotes

If you're upset by something I said, you have bigger problems than you think.

Experience informs us that the first defence of weak minds is to recriminate.

If someone criticizes me, I strike back.

People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare.

I certainly had an arrogant streak. And I certainly was defensive in certain cases. Maybe I'm still arrogant, but I try not to be.

We will all face criticism throughout our lives, no matter where we live and what we weigh.

I can take critism, but if it's like 'I don't like you' then I want to know why people don't like me. Why do you hate me? What have I done?

Anger is one way to respond to fear. I say one way because responses are categorically multiple.

Somehow I took whatever criticism there was very much to heart.

I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

I'm not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't get to you reading the negative stuff.

I've actually apologized to some people I was a real jerk to, because I feel ashamed. I didn't need to be that hungry. There was something going on inside me when I was angry and feeling very threatened and not feeling good about myself.

I like to not care that much about criticism, but I do care about it.

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.

There were times that I needed to go to battle, but how I went to battle wasn't always the best way in.

I was not used to criticism.

I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.

I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery.

If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important.

I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.

I don't like getting people upset, so that's not my goal. But I like putting people in situations where how they respond says a lot about them.

I was in a band in Auckland, and I remember they all hated me. They had a big intervention. They said, basically, 'Gin, we think you suck.' I was miserable. I cried and cried. But looking back, that taught me about social skills and how to communicate with musicians.