David Beckham

Marvin Chow: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Mr. David Beckham. Nice to see you sir. How are you? Wave.

Good morning. Have a seat. Have a seat. Welcome. Welcome to Google. So let's kick off, no pun intended, with a little soccer or for our international friends, football.

David, you really have had a global soccer career. I mean, you joined Manchester United at the young age of 17. You won nine major trophies in 11 years there.

Very impressive. You then joined Real Madrid where you won another trophy. And then since 2007, you've been here in the U.S. Playing for the L.I.

Galaxy where last year you won yet another trophy. And I think that puts you in a very rare group of trifecta winners of three trophies on three different countries. So congratulations. Thank you very much.

And then, obviously, while preparing to meet you last night, I read even more news last night, the big news, that you decide to stay here in the US and continue to play for the LA Galaxy. Congratulations. And I think we are excited that you chose Google as a place to come talk to your fans and the rest of the world about that news. So why don't we start there?

Why don't you tell us a little bit about that decision to stay with the galaxy? David Beckham: Well, good morning, first of all. I'm excited to be here.

Part of this is exciting for me and to be here with you all and everyone else watching around the world. It's exciting. Google's one of the biggest companies in the world. So I'm honored to be here today.

My decision, obviously, throughout my career has always been about my family, about my career, about my footballing career. And I've been lucky to have played over the years with some of the biggest clubs in the world, some of the best players in the world. And it's been exciting.

I've been lucky enough to have been successful in many different clubs that I've played for. And professionally coming to the US was something that I was excited about. It was a challenge.

It was a new challenge. I played in Europe. I'd won everything that I possibly could in Europe.

And I wanted a new challenge. Marvin Chow: So when you conquer Europe, it's definitely the next thing. David Beckham: Like I said, I'm very lucky in my career.

So then obviously coming to America was an exciting thing for me. And I've had a great five years. I've met a lot of good people.

A lot of great fans around the world, traveled around America, played in different parts of America, which I'd never played in before. And it's been exciting.

So, you know, this championship at the end of this year was one of the most satisfying in my career, I must admit, you know, to have been here for the time that I'd been here, to reach the goals that I'd reached off the field with raising, you know, the popularity of the game. I'd reached those goals.