"Yeah, well, they're the jealous ones, unfortunately. They're the ones that like to sit in front of the TV and discuss my life even when I'm not playing the game. Maybe I'm at a tennis game –- they like to discuss that. There's people that maybe like to get in the limelight a little too much."

-- David Beckham addresses those who pointed out that his one-game suspension for "conduct unacceptable and detrimental to the League’s public image" was less than what was handed out to other players who committed a similar transgression, and those who noted he took advantage of the suspension to jet off to London for the Wimbledon final. (MLSsoccer.com)