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David Beckham has admitted it was challenging looking over his life and career for his new Netflix documentary as it forced him to confront incidents that he previously didn't process. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 When I retired 10 years ago, people started to ask me if I was going to do a documentary
00:05 about my life and my career.
00:07 And in all honesty, I wasn't ready to look back.
00:10 I wasn't ready to look back.
00:11 I wasn't ready to kind of go over things.
00:15 And there'd been so much going on that I wasn't ready to also process that.
00:21 But then, obviously, heading towards the 10-year anniversary of me retiring, something felt
00:26 right about doing it.
00:30 And in all honesty, I wanted to have something for my family.
00:33 You know, my family and my friends that have all lived this, and my fans that have all
00:36 lived this.
00:38 Something that's in one place for them to watch, to go over, to have those memories.
00:42 Because of course, I found it challenging going back and looking at these things that
00:47 I had probably never even thought about before and never even processed.
00:51 And I think that was the tough part for me.
00:55 Going over things like, you know, '98.
00:57 There was so much about that at that time that was difficult.
01:01 But really, I was so protected by Sir Alex Virg's and Manchester United, the fans, my
01:06 teammates, that really, I just got on with my football.
01:10 And I'd never even thought about it.
01:12 To look back and to have had the career that I did at the time that I did, for me, Manchester
01:18 in the '90s, even being an East End boy, Manchester in the '90s was the best time.
01:23 You know, for music, for everything around Manchester at that time was so cool, was incredible.
01:30 And of course, playing for Manchester United, my boyhood team, and then being successful
01:35 and winning what we did, then obviously going on to have the career that I did.
01:39 In all honesty, I would never want to do that again, you know, any different.
01:45 You know, the way I did it was perfect, and the way I, where I lived and who I played
01:50 for and the players that I played with was an incredible time.

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