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"There is this madness around me, around my family," Beckham tells Men's Health in its issue out Aug. 12. "Without a doubt, out on the field is where I'm most comfortable, where I'm happiest, because I know what I'm doing, and I know I can do it."
That drive to succeed at soccer came to Beckham at age 13, when another player told him, "You'll never play for England, because you're too small and not strong enough."
So perhaps it's not surprising that he confesses to being better at winning than losing.
"I'm a really bad loser," he says. "It stays with me for a while. I always take it quite personally when we don't win as a team or I don't win in everything else I do."
While the athlete is dedicated to soccer, there is one sport he can do without. "People always ask me, 'Do you play golf?' Because a majority of sportsmen do," he tells the magazine. "I used to play, quite a few years ago, but to be honest, I'd rather spend four hours with the kids than four hours on a golf course. As much as it can be relaxing, it's a frustrating sport. My way of relaxing is listening to music and spending time with the kids."
