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"Before I knew it, we were being photographed outside my house and cameramen followed us everywhere. It was very uncomfortable.
"At that point I decided the celebrity lifestyle wasn't for me. Around that time I felt my commercial work was affecting my work, too. I thought 'no, football is my bread and butter. It has to, and always will, come first'.
"Becks came to a similar crossroads not long after me, but he was more naturally outgoing than me and seemed to enjoy the limelight more than I did.
"He was being followed everywhere when he first started seeing Victoria, but he didn't mind it at all. I think he liked it to some degree.
"But I will never knock Becks for that, because it never affected his football. I know for sure football came first for him, and if he felt the showbiz lifestyle was affecting his game, he'd have stopped straight away.
"But he carried on performing brilliantly, so why should he stop doing the things he enjoyed? You won't see any player work harder on their game than Becks - and it showed.
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"Can I break Sir Bobby's record? I don't know.
"I will probably have to play a few more seasons so you never know.
"There are times when you don't play well but you hang in there, defend well and get a positive result. It's a sign of a championship winning side.
"We've done if a few times this season - and it's what we used to do when we were winning titles."
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