If you grew up in a certain area, there are limits.
As part of his appearance as a guest editor on the Today programme on Wednesday, Manchester City's Raheem Sterling spoke to his England head coach.
They talked about the togetherness in the England camp, the Euro 2020 tournament, taking a knee, the World Cup and the work of the foundation.
Nadine spoke about her pride in her son's "dream come true" as part of the programme.
The full interview can be heard here.
The England team has grown as one.
Since 1966 England's men have not had a manager to guide them to a major final.
The England team finished fourth at the World Cup in Russia, their first semi-final appearance in 28 years.
He guided England to their best performance at a men's major tournament in 55 years, as they reached the final of Euro 2020, a competition that had been delayed a year because of the coronaviruses.
The environment was enjoyable to come into, thanks to the team being brought together.
When you're free in your head and can express yourself, we can see the best versions of you.
England's performances at the past two major tournaments have been better than at Euro 2016 when they were knocked out in the last-16 by Iceland.
The team came out of the Euros with bad press. The next couple of years were difficult. The team didn't have the belief.
"When he came in, he tried to make us understand that the scarring is what it is, but how are we going to change it?" The team has grown.
We want to do things together. The team is so integrated that when you come in the building, you are already integrated.
After the Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy on penalties, "unforgivable" racist abuse was aimed at Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, who were targeted following their spot-kick misses.
Despite some criticism, the England squad took a knee before games to highlight racial injustice.
"This had to be a team that was united on how we saw it," he said.
The players didn't know how powerful that would be, and they wanted to be judged on the football. I wanted to represent the players in the best way possible.
Radio 4 had a conversation with sterling and Southgate.
We want our hands on a trophy.
England finished six points ahead of Poland in the race for the World Cup in 2022, with eight wins from 10 matches.
Winning a major tournament with England is more important than the success at Euro 2020.
"I don't think you could beat that for us as players," he said.
I think we have players at the right ages who are challenging for the right things and have the mentality to be the best in their position.
The manager here tries to give us the environment to perform at the highest level.
From nearly men to World Cup winners? Is it possible for the country of Qatar to define the legacy of the man?
I wanted to help at least one person.
The forward says that the foundation has created a sense of joy and meaningfulness.
The foundation was launched in November and focuses on improving social mobility and furthering education for young people in London, Manchester and Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, where Sterling was born and lived before moving to London at the age of five.
He wanted to think about the 15-year-old version of himself that went through a lot of difficulties.
Society can sometimes be brutal. I wanted to help one person.
I'm helping out and giving back. I always say it's all well and good that I've been able to do a lot with myself at 27, but there's the next generation after us and I always think of my time at Queens Park Rangers, where I was about to go toLiverpool.
"With the platform I and many footballers have, it's really important we get in touch with our human side and I wanted to help that next Raheem Sterling."
The forward said newspapers were helping to "fuel racism" by the way they portray young black football players after he moved to Manchester City.
He told Nick Robinson that he felt targeted as a young boy.
It happens a lot when you're the new kid. Football has been a lifesaver to me as I probably shouldn't have been doing things, but I've matured over time and there were probably things I shouldn't have been doing.
It's an opinion shared by Southgate who said that the 27 year-old knows when to use his voice.
There is a perception that footballers don't give back.
People say to focus on the football. If you didn't do anything that wasn't football, your football would suffer and you weren't focused enough, that's what I remember when I was playing.
I don't feel that way. It's a good thing to have something to distract us from football.
The profile of our team is different.
Mother's pride at her son's dream coming true.
Nadine told Radio 4 that she was proud of her son.
She said it was a dream come true for him.
Nadine worked at a hotel where she was assisted in cleaning by her brother and sister. His sister would take him to training when Nadine couldn't.
Nadine said that they came and helped when she had to take them as she couldn't leave them at home. It's a team and they're helpful.
"If he ever had any money, he would always come to me and get a treat from the vending machine."
From a scapegoat to a national icon.
