Sterling: Disappointed not to win the European Championship, nothing is more important than winning the main trophy for England

Live Bar December 29 News In a previous BBC show, Manchester City striker Sterling talked about the racial discrimination he encountered. He said frustration shouldn't lead to negative comments about skin color.

What advice would you give to your 19-year-old self now?

Sterling: "Stay away from social media and don't look at any of the information about yourself on it. When I first got into England, I was the best player in the game. Everything was great, I played for England and I was so excited about things like that and then something happened (racism) and it continued to get bad and negative. ”

"When that kind of information comes into your brain, you only have one way to react, you get frustrated with yourself, you start thinking overthink." Whether as a player or as a person, one of the things you don't expect your brain to do is overthink. I would tell myself at that time not to look at anything about myself. ”

On racial discrimination

Sterling: "We had some meetings with the team leaders and Southgate to understand where we stood and we wanted to do that in a collective way (against racism). A big question is whether we can continue to do that after the European Championship, and in society, a lot of times we focus on things for five days or a week and then forget about it until the next event happens. ”

"When people are drunk or angry, they say something extremely insulting to another person, and that reaction is terrible. We can't let this disrespectful behavior belittle another person, regardless of their skin color, and frustration shouldn't lead people to negative comments about skin color. ”

About the European Championship

Sterling: "You can see what we're doing on and off the pitch, yes, the European Championship was a great journey, but we were really disappointed because we wanted a trophy and there's nothing more important for me than winning a major trophy for England and I think others will agree. We have a great manager who tries to get us to the best and hopefully I can continue to play in the next World Cup. ”

(Ma Dongyu)