66 Quotes by Raheem Sterling

I don't talk about how many cars I'm going to drive, how many houses I've got. I just purely want to be the best I can be.

I just want to be seen as a kid who loves to play football and to do the best for the team.

I just want to take the time to think about what I've achieved in my career so far, where I need to go, and what I need to do to get better as a player.

A few years ago, I would let it get to me. But now, as long as my mum and my sister and my kids don't have any stress, I'm good.

If you grew up the same way I grew up, don't listen to what certain tabloids want to tell you. They just want to steal your joy. They just want to pull you down.

I grew up five minutes from the stadium and watched it being built. I'd play football right outside and look up at this huge stadium with all the cranes and building work and think, 'One day, when it's finished, I need to be playing in here.'

I'm still short now, but when I was 14, I was like a pencil. You had to be aggressive and hold your own.

One of my friends, Bruno Andrade, was so quick, he just used to knock the ball past whoever he was playing against, and I thought, 'Why can't I do that?' Until then, I would try to dribble and maybe try a stepover, but Andre would just knock it then - beep, beep - and he was so fast, he would get there first.

There's a perception in certain parts of the media that I love 'bling.' I love diamonds. I love to show off. I really don't understand where that comes from.