David Beckham’s 29 Questions With Gary Neville | Overlap Xtra

Summary

In this entertaining interview, David Beckham reflects on his life and career, discussing favorite TV shows, meals, drinks, and holidays, as well as memorable goals, hairstyles, and his love for fashion. He also shares insights into his family life, retirement, and admiration for other sports like basketball.

Takeaways

• 🏆 David Beckham scored his first World Cup goal in the 29th minute, which is also the number of quickfire questions he is asked in the interview.
• 📺 His favorite TV program is 'Only Fools and Horses', and his favorite band is 'The Stone Roses'.
• 🍲 His favorite meal is a traditional British dish of mashed potatoes with liquor and jelly dills.
• 🍷 His favorite drink is red wine, and he enjoys holidaying in wine countries like Tuscany.
• ⚽ He considers his goal against Greece as one of his best, particularly the one from the halfway line.
• 🎨 David has over 80 tattoos, with the first one being 'Brooklyn' and the second an 'angel'.
• 👕 His favorite tattoo is not specified, but he appreciates the artistry and personal significance behind each one.
• 👗 He has a fondness for fashion and has worn various iconic outfits, some influenced by his wife Victoria.
• 🤔 Beckham admits to being stubborn and doing things that annoy his wife, such as a particular habit involving a box.
• 🏡 He enjoys the freedom of retirement, especially the ability to travel and not being restricted by the regimented lifestyle of a football player.
• 👨‍👧‍👦 He sees a bit of himself in all of his children, with each child reflecting different aspects of his personality.

Q & A

What is David Beckham's favorite TV program?

His favorite TV program is 'Only Fools and Horses', although he also loves 'Friends'.

Which band does David Beckham consider his favorite?

His favorite band is the Stone Roses.

What is David Beckham's favorite meal?

His favorite meal is a traditional dish from Manchester, which includes mashed potatoes, liquor, and jelly dills.

What is the drink David Beckham prefers to have?

He prefers red wine as his favorite drink.

What is David Beckham's favorite holiday destination?

His favorite holiday destination is in the wine country, possibly Tuscany.

What is the best goal David Beckham has ever scored according to the interview?

He mentions the goal against Greece as one of the best goals he has scored.

How many tattoos does David Beckham have?

He has over 80 tattoos, with the number possibly being 81 at the time of the interview.

What is the origin of David Beckham's interest in tattoos?

His interest in tattoos comes from his father, who has old school tattoos like ships and words.

Which of David Beckham's tattoos is his favorite?

The interview does not specify which tattoo is his favorite, but he mentions that it's hard to pick one.

What does David Beckham like most about retirement?

He enjoys the freedom to do things he couldn't do when he was playing, especially the ability to travel.

What is David Beckham's favorite hairstyle?

He has always loved the skinhead hairstyle because it was easy and required no maintenance.

Which hairstyle of David Beckham's caused the most controversy?

The mohawk and cornrows hairstyles caused the most controversy, with the mohawk being particularly short-lived due to his coach's disapproval.

What is David Beckham's favorite basketball player?

His favorite basketball player is Kobe Bryant, whom he admired for his athletic ability and dedication.

What is the one thing that annoys Victoria at home about David Beckham?

One of the things that annoys Victoria is a certain habit of David's that he has had for about 15 years, which is not specified in the transcript.

What is David Beckham's favorite Spice Girls song?

His favorite Spice Girls song is 'Say You'll Be There', which has a special meaning as it was playing when he and Victoria were set up in separate beds during a sleepover.

Who is the one player from the past David Beckham would have loved to play with?

He would have loved to play with Sir Bobby Charlton, who was his hero and also his father's hero.

What is David Beckham's favorite thing to cook?

He enjoys cooking paella with ingredients like chicken, squid, and shrimp, as well as making a great ragu sauce with fresh pasta.

Outlines

00:00

🏆 Quickfire Questions with a Sports Star

In this segment, the sports personality answers a series of quickfire questions, revealing personal preferences and anecdotes. Favorite TV show is 'Only Fools and Horses,' with 'Friends' a close second. The Stone Roses are his favorite band, and a unique green dish of mashed potatoes, liquor, and jelly dills is his favored meal. Red wine is his preferred drink, and Tuscany stands out as a holiday destination. He reminisces about memorable goals, particularly one against Greece, and discusses his extensive collection of tattoos, including the first one inked in honor of his father. The conversation also touches on family life, revealing habits that annoy his wife, Victoria, and his tidiness compared to her.

05:01

🎖 Reflecting on Life and Style

This paragraph delves into the subject's post-retirement life, highlighting the newfound freedom to pursue interests restricted during his sports career. The love for travel and trying different cuisines is evident. The discussion moves to fashion, with the subject expressing his fondness for the skinhead look due to its low maintenance and admitting to being influenced by both Victoria and his own taste. The segment also covers his stubbornness, a trait he shares with his children, and his favorite activities, including waking up to coffee and cooking, with paella and ragu sauce being specialties. His appreciation for basketball and admiration for Kobe Bryant are also shared.

10:12

🥅 Football Memories and Aspirations

The final paragraph focuses on the subject's football career, discussing the best player he ever played with and his admiration for past legends like Bobby Charlton. It also touches on his childhood idol, Brian Robson, and how he sees aspects of himself in his children. The conversation concludes with a light-hearted moment, speculating who he would want to take a last-minute free kick, reflecting his camaraderie with former teammates.

Keywords

💡World Cup

The World Cup is an international soccer tournament held every four years, where the best national teams from around the world compete. It is a significant event in the sports world and a source of national pride for the participating countries. In the video, the host mentions the guest's first World Cup goal against Colombia, which is a key moment in his career and connects to the theme of sports achievements.

💡Quickfire Questions

Quickfire questions refer to a rapid series of inquiries asked in quick succession, often used in interviews to get quick and spontaneous responses. In this video, the host uses this format to engage with the guest, covering a range of topics from personal preferences to career highlights.

💡Favorite

A favorite is something that one prefers above all others. The script contains numerous mentions of the guest's favorites, such as favorite TV program, band, meal, and drink, which provide insight into his personal tastes and lifestyle.

💡Tattoos

Tattoos are permanent marks made on the skin, often for decorative or symbolic reasons. The guest discusses his numerous tattoos, which are a significant part of his personal style and identity. The number of tattoos and the stories behind them are highlighted in the script.

💡Retirement

Retirement refers to the state of having ceased regular employment, often due to age or personal choice. The guest talks about the benefits of retirement, such as the freedom to travel and pursue interests outside of professional soccer.

💡Fashion

Fashion is a popular trend or style in clothing and accessories. The script discusses the guest's interest in fashion, his iconic outfits, and the influence of his wife, Victoria, on his style choices.

💡Hairstyle

A hairstyle is the way in which hair is worn or arranged on the head. The guest mentions his favorite hairstyles, such as the skinhead, and discusses a controversial hairstyle, the mohawk, which he had to shave off due to his coach's disapproval.

💡Influence

Influence refers to the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something. The guest talks about the influence of his wife on his fashion choices and how people's opinions influenced his decisions to wear certain outfits.

💡Best Player

The term 'best player' is used to denote the most skilled or outstanding individual in a particular field or activity. The guest is asked about the best player he has ever played with, reflecting on his experiences and the talents of his peers.

💡Childhood Idol

A childhood idol is someone whom one admired or looked up to during their formative years. The guest mentions Brian Robson as his childhood idol, which influenced his aspirations and approach to the sport.

💡Spice Girls

The Spice Girls are a British pop girl group that gained popularity in the 1990s. The guest is asked about his favorite Spice Girls song, which leads to a discussion about his relationship with Victoria and their early days together.

Highlights

Favorite TV program is Only Fools and Horses, though Friends is also loved.

Favorite band is The Stone Roses.

Favorite meal is mashed potatoes with liquor and jelly dills, a traditional dish.

Preferred drink is red wine.

Favorite holiday destination is wine country, possibly Tuscany.

Best goal ever scored was against Greece, not the one from the halfway line.

Has 81 tattoos, with the first one being 'Brooklyn'.

Favorite tattoo is difficult to choose, but father's influence is clear.

Enjoys the freedom of retirement to travel and do other activities.

Loved the skinhead hairstyle for its ease and simplicity.

The mohawk hairstyle caused controversy and had to be shaved off.

Feels good about his fashion choices, even if others disagreed.

Fashion sense was his own, not heavily influenced by Victoria.

Best player ever played with is Zinedine Zidane.

Favorite city in the world is London.

Being David Beckham helps get a seat at a restaurant.

Childhood idol was Bryan Robson, who also influenced his middle name.

Sees a bit of himself in all his children - stubbornness in Romeo, kindness in Harper, caring in Brooklyn, and humor in Cruz.

Starts the day with waking up the kids and having a cup of coffee.

Favorite sport other than soccer is basketball, admires the athleticism and entertainment.

Favorite basketball player is Kobe Bryant for his skill and dedication.

Favorite Spice Girls song is 'Say You'll Be There', significant in his relationship with Victoria.

Prefers Batman as a superhero, appreciating Robin's outfit.

Only received one assist from Gary Neville in 35 Premier League assists.

Would love to have played with Bobby Charlton, a family hero.

For a last-minute free kick, would choose to have David Seaman take it.

Transcripts

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right pets welcome to the overlap we're

in qatar which is to be fair about as

windy as manchester at this moment in

time i'm going to ask you 29 quickfire

questions because that is the minute

that you scored your first world cup

goal against colombia and the first

question is what's your favorite tv

programme only fools and horses still i

love friends but only fools and horses

is always a favorite

favorite band

stone roses

stone roses favorite meal

is it still that stuff mashed potatoes

and liquor and jelly dills you have to

get a picture of this stuff it's like

green it's not like our pie and mash up

in manchester it's like it's proper

prime though

favorite drink i'm gonna go i'll call it

drink first are we able to talk about

alcohol on television of course red wine

your favorite holiday destination um

wine country maybe tuscany

what's the best goal you've ever scored

greece goal against greece not there not

the halfway line one though actually i

forgot about that one yeah that one

yeah i first said it halfway the halfway

line to be fair put you on the map did

it yeah it did it did

how many tattoos do you have i was

reading it on the internet and it said

you rather got 67 or 80.

do you know the number i probably have

81 now

individual 81 yeah

i remember your first one

hello because i had it done and then i

stayed at your house

no that was the second one so the first

one was brooklyn on the bottom of my

back the second one was when i had it

was the angel and then i was sleeping at

your house at the time and it stuck to

the bed

which is your favorite tattoo

favorite tattoo where's the tattoos come

from by the way what was it just my dad

your dad yeah my dad my dad obviously

had he's got old school like ships and

things like that and he's got mom and

dad and

my favorite way it's hard to pick a

favorite one favorite

kids names kids names

and victorias

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throw that one in

what's the one thing that you do that

annoys victoria at home

i think i have a couple

i've got a couple of things

i've got this um

that does it that that's from the box

that's from the boss she doesn't love

that why do you do that just

you do you have always done it don't you

i've not always done it maybe for the

last 15 years

there's probably a couple of other

things as well i do that annoy her to be

honest i'm very clean and she's not

as in

i like to i'm tidy

she does wash though can you come yeah

she washes yeah yeah she washes from

time to time

what do you like most about retirement i

think that i can do other things that i

couldn't when we were playing because

obviously when you play it's

everything's so regimented you have to

eat the right things drink the right

things you can't travel and i think the

travelling part is is the part that i

love

what's the best hairstyle you've ever

had apart from this one

uh

i always liked the skinhead i always

loved the skinhead because it was easy

you just didn't have to do anything with

it so i love the skinhead would you go

back there again skin it yeah

what's the hairstyle that's caused the

most controversy you tell me

is it the more

probably the mohawk well how long did

that last i only did that last of my

heart it lasted until the gaffer saw it

and then it had to go and then he made

me shave it in the changing room

mohawk and probably the cornrows

cornrows what's the calm rolls do you

remember nelson mandela what are the

things that yeah i had those done in the

south of france when i had a glass of

rosie

what's the favorite outfit you've ever

worn

that you remember the iconic picture

that you think yeah that that's when i

looked yeah i looked good yeah

i always felt i look good

i look back now and i'm not sure i did

but i always felt that i was always

wearing the right thing at the time i've

never asked you this i should know

really where did the fashion come from i

know you were always fashion but did

some of it come from victoria did some

of it come from external advice did some

of it come from you to be honest people

always thought that victoria had a big

influence over what i was wearing the

decisions i was making with hairstyles

or tattoos or you know the clothes i was

wearing but i always made you know the

the decision of wearing a full leather

outfit or a full denim outfit or

whatever i was wearing at the time i i

just loved fashion you know i loved i

loved wearing different things and

different clothes and things like that

and to be fair the more people told you

not to wear something that was the worst

thing you could do with you one of the

worst things yeah i've been stubborn as

hell aren't you i

i don't think i've changed i'm still the

same now you know even you know if

someone says to me don't do it i will do

it

the best player you've ever played with

more simple the best player i've ever

played with yeah from you

um

sedan

close

favorite city in the world london

still he's still happy on about it of

course

that's why you spend so much time down i

know yeah it's a bit better i used to

hate it but then you all of you lot did

oh london at east london all cottonies

slash cotnies

you're all down there now oh can you

book me a restaurant

but he texted me the other day bex can

you get me in this restaurant what's the

best thing about having david beckham

you always get a seat at a restaurant

it's unbelievable it's incredible the

contacts are incredible your childhood

idol

brian robson

we know that we know that one which of

your children do you most see in

yourself

it's an obvious thing i see a bit

of me in all of the kids the

stubbornness of romeo

he's got my stubborn side

the kindness of harper i'd say brooklyn

is a softie and he's very caring

and cruz

because victoria's always said that i'm

quite funny and nobody knows that

which i thought people did know that but

uh cruz is quite a character so i'd like

to say cruz has got

you know my kind of character and funny

side so a bit bit of all of them

what do you do first thing in the

morning when you wake up what does your

morning look like

well i first do a cup of coffee actually

i'll wake the kids up first and then i

have a cup of coffee i love coffee do

you um what coffee drink i go from this

cafe is it you know it's the weird thing

is that i'm going to sound like a right

knob now

in london i have just black coffee right

in the countryside i have a latte

so i do so it makes me sound a bit of a

knob but i don't know why i never have a

latte in london

and i never have black coffee in the

countryside why is that i don't know

when you were younger i would have said

definitely you're a city boy

definitely in the ta in the city you're

always driving around you're always

driving around the city all the time

at night time i love the countryside so

the customer always loved the country

but i love the combination i love the

fact that obviously i'm during the week

i'm in i'm in london because the kids

are at school but then you know weekends

i'm in the countryside i love being in

the country

favorite thing to cook i make a good

paella yeah yeah well i may i also make

a great ragu sauce

but is that bolognese where we come from

that's bolognese in berry um

ragu sauce with fresh pasta but i make a

good paella with chicken squid

shrimp oh yeah right what's your

favorite other sport basketball

basketball yeah is that a new thing or

is that something it was never

basketball is that because of the

america i just love everything about

basketball the entertainment side the

act they're they're real athletes yeah

um and so i love everything about

basketball who's your favorite

basketball player

kobe

kobe was because i you know i was i was

in l.a at a time where you know he was

unbelievable i mean it was always

unbelievable but

you know the championships that they

were winning at that time

you know the the rivalry between lakers

and the celtics kobe was just a

different animal you know

we've grown up you know when we go and

watch a sporting event

you stay there until the last second

until that whistle goes and i was the

same at basketball games people hated

going with me to a basketball game

because normally if the game's done with

two minutes ago you get up and leave

i stayed there to watch kobe walk off

that court because he was just

an unbelievable athlete and unbelievable

person and just the best

your favorite spice girl song say you'll

be there

why because that's on the victorian one

that was the one that where we were set

in separate beds

in our room did your draw mulled over

moved over

i think

yeah i remember yeah did you invite

victoria to the players lounge a couple

of weeks later did you tell me that you

can come clean absolutely social media

wasn't like part of our lives then no

no i had no

yeah i just i just found out that she

was there it was just

i don't know just meant to be i suppose

gary

favorite superhero

batman

i like robin

i just like his outfit phil or gary

how many of gary neville's 35 premier

league assists

were for david beckham

quite a few i'd say

no

one

one

maybe one let's say one

one player from the past that you'd love

to have played with so someone that was

playing before you started

bobby charlton

you're always your hero anybody

charlotte he was my dad's hero that's

why my middle name's robert

i didn't know that you know really no

yeah and you won the bobby charles

soccer school didn't you yeah so i'd

love to have played with uh sir bobby

well i was taking long throws in berry

yeah somewhere

right finally

a last-minute free kick

you can't choose yourself who would you

want on it

see dan

see you soon

brilliant bex cheers mate good to see

you

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