Raheem Sterling Quotes

When I got the ball in the reserves, within two touches I would turn and look to attack my opponent, whereas in the first team, I was trying for the safer option. I needed to go back to basics. I needed to get defenders on the back foot again.

You have to adapt and find your niche, in terms of the type of player you can become, both on and off the pitch. I always knew I'd have no chance against a 1.90m, 90kg defender in a duel, so the key is to avoid these situations altogether. You have to pick your space and time.

Jorginho is really suitable to the way I like to play. He is a player that has many good sides to him. He wants to work hard, and he's very fast in moving the ball, which is important for us, although there is also Cesc Fabregas, who has the same potential as Jorginho.

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

I think, as I've gotten older, I've been able to be more reckless with my choices, because practically speaking, you get less careful. Your choices become more instinctive, and you feel like if you make a mistake, it won't destroy you.

I have matured in my shot selection but will not discard my style. I don't believe in wasting balls.

The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.

The lower you go down the levels, the more players think they need to hang on to the ball to prove how talented they are, but that's not football.

When I signed for Barca, I knew their playing style was suited to my game.

Spalletti made a difference for me. He gives great importance to the details and, at minimum, wants the goalkeeper to know how to play with the ball at his feet.

It's about getting the right balance and knowing on the pitch when is the right time to take risks.

I'm trying to evolve with how football is going.

Some would argue the opposite: that with better pitches you should be able to express yourself, a bit like Kevin Pietersen does. Looking back, I wish I had been a bit more like that. But I always had a fear of failure, a fear of getting out, so I tried to eliminate risk from my game.

As a midfielder, you have to have vision. If you see an opening that might create an opportunity, you have to believe in yourself and go for it; a 40-yard pass or an eye-of-the-needle ball. You have to feel you are going to make it. That's the way I play. I have a picture in my mind, and I go for it.

I believe the more you come to Europe, it makes you a better player, and it gives them an advantage because the African style is different from the European style.

I do wonder whether the bigger the game is, the more the risks that David Luiz decides to take.

Arsene Wenger's style of play is the sort of style the Chilean national team has. Therefore, I am used to it.

Guardiola has helped me so when I receive the ball, I have space.

I think positionally I've improved. One vs. one I feel more comfortable. I knew that was going to come - obviously that's the kind of thing that comes with experience.

Coach Dunleavy has done a great job of humbling me, letting me go out there and make mistakes and I've got a great feel for the game right now.

I have grown a lot as a player and I have to thank Conte for helping in my development.

Even Cristiano Ronaldo has developed from a selfish goalscorer into someone who likes to pass the ball.

Guardiola knows that the little details that can make us better. He analyses the game instantly - that's his biggest strength, his best characteristic.

I have matured as a player and learnt to perform under different situations.

I am convinced by my style of play, so I take risks without much hesitation.