"It's unprofessional in my eyes. In every soccer player's eyes throughout the world it would be unprofessional to speak out about a teammate especially in the press and not to your face. But I'm going to turn it on a positive spin because that's what this needs. But in 17 years, I have played with the biggest teams in the world and the biggest players and not once have I been criticized for my professionalism."

-- David Beckham on Landon Donovan questioning the Englishman's commitment to the Los Angeles Galaxy in the book "The Beckham Experiment" by Grant Wahl. (AP)