David Beckham

""I'm so grateful for your friendship...""

"I give thanks to this country, to the fans that embraced us, the people that welcomed us and made our adventure so much fun."

"I actually can’t believe it. I remember walking in Hollywood and looking for the stars, and all these years later, knowing that I’ll have my own star, it’s a huge honor."

"I am proud of the role I have played in bringing the sport to a wider American audience."

"I was obsessed with action heroes, so to stand here in front of my friend Tom Cruise – the greatest movie star of our time – is quite frankly mind blowing."

"The fact that mine and Victoria’s first movie date was Jerry Maguire is a pretty mad full circle moment."

"I’ve always been a dreamer, but I could never have imagined that an honour like this would come to a working-class English soccer player like me."