DeAndre Yedlin

I want to keep getting better.

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I'm maturing as a person and as a player.

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Oh, I grew up in Seattle.

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I'm fine with just a simple life.

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I was raised to always be humble.

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I want to be in the World Cup.

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Competition all over the field is great.

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I like to attack obviously.

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I think I have kind of have the same mind-set that Kanye West has. He just likes to do his thing.

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As a manager you're going to put out the player you think is going to best help you win the game.

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Even when my grandparents compliment me, I don't like when they do that.

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There's no amount of money that can make me shut up about something I think is wrong.

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I love the Premier League. It's obviously a very talented league.

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It's good to defend a player that's as fast as me because I have to learn.

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My defensive side was something I wanted to work on, especially coming into the Premier League.

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Seattle is the place where you can really find any kind of food, especially Japanese food.

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If you don't want competition, I think it means you're scared and you can get a little bit comfortable.

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For me, I like interacting with Sounders fans. Some guys with their time off they want their time off, but I don't…

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In the midfield, I'm not the most comfortable playing with my back to the goal, and in the midfield you find that…

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Confidence is a funny thing, and sometimes that's all you need is just that little bit to elevate you to the next…

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As a wing back, when you get the ball wide, you usually don't have any help out wide. You have to be…

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I think at some point I would like to meet my dad. He's in prison in the U.S. for life, so it's…

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You can see it with social media and things like that, back in the day it was harder to convince people that…

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If you're not fully happy doing one thing, you try to do find another thing to take your mind from it.

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Seattle was good for me. I was very comfortable there - not comfortable in terms of it was too easy, but I…

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Before, sometimes if the ball was played over my head I wouldn't know where I was but now I feel a lot…

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I knew there was no money in track and field unless you were unbelievable. So I stopped it when I was 13.…

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As a young black American you become desensitised to it, it's just like 'oh, another guy, another kid died today.' That's so,…

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A lot of people ask me what has been the biggest change with me being in England and a lot of people…

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Billy Jones, positionally, is unbelievable. He's not the fastest guy but he makes up for it by being positionally sound, so I…

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I think the fact people still don't realise why people are taking a knee and saying 'Black Lives Matter,' people are being…

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Life in Newcastle has been a lot more similar to life in Seattle, which has been great. The city is relaxed but,…

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I'm an attacking full-back.

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I'm really trying to work on my defensive positioning.

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Once you start to become OK at something, you learn to enjoy it more.

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I like Daniel Alves, I have him as my inspiration.

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I try to value every day, every training session, every game.

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England and the U.S. definitely have their differences and similarities.

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That's the No. 1 thing you need to have, to believe you can win.

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The reason I joined Newcastle was because I could see we could do great things.

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