"All that we care about at a minimum is that he [David Beckham] committed himself to us. As time has gone on, that has not proven to be the case in many ways -- on the field, off the field. Does the fact that he earns that much money come into it? Yeah. If someone's paying you more than anybody in the league, more than double anybody in the league, the least we expect is that you show up to every game, whether you're suspended or not. Show up and train hard. Show up and play hard."


-- The Los Angeles Galaxy's Landon Donovan speaking about David Beckham's effort late in the 2008 season, as quoted in "The Beckham Experiment," by Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl. Beckham is due to return to the Galaxy in mid-July. (SI.com)