""I have two sisters, and we lived in a household with a lot of love in it, but my dad was so tough on me with my Sunday league football team that he very rarely turned around to me and said, 'Well done, boy. You did well today, you played well,'" Beckham said."
""But my dad never told me I'd done well, really, until my 100th cap. That was the first time my dad turned around to me and said, 'You've made it, boy,'" Beckham said. "That was the first time. Not even when I got into the United First team, not even when I won the Premiership, not even when I won the Champions League.""
David Beckham credits his father's strict, corrective parenting with helping him through the toughest moments of his football career. He grew up in a loving household with two sisters, yet his father rarely offered simple praise for Sunday league performances and instead focused on specific, critical feedback. That sustained emphasis on improvement kept Beckham from viewing himself as exceptionally talented during his youth. Formal recognition from his father arrived only when Beckham achieved his 100th cap for the national team, when his father told him, "You've made it, boy." The experience shaped Beckham's understanding of resilience and parenting.
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