DeAndre Yedlin

“When you face any adversity in life those are the kind of lessons you can take and remember. Those are the things that are going to help me not just in football but in life, which is priceless.”

“Obviously if my path is with Tottenham then I'm very happy, I'm going to fight and do all that I can to help them. If it's not then, whatever team I am with, I am going to fight to help them, that's how my mind has always been.”

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

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

“You never want to be too comfortable because that's when you start to get complacent and start doing those little stupid things and getting too relaxed.”

“If my path is with Tottenham then it's with Tottenham.”

“Oh, I grew up in Seattle.”

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

“The fans just see what's going on on the field, but there's a lot more that goes into it behind the scenes.”

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

“I want people to know about my story and where I came from.”

“For me, that's the biggest thing, if something holds me back it's my mental game so I really tried to focus on that and just worked on that.”

“At fullback you have a little bit more defensive responsibility. You have to help out with your center backs a little bit more. As a wing back, you can be a little bit more aggressive with getting forward.”

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

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

“That comes with any position, you play it more and more and you get comfortable.”

“I'm not a practicing Jew but my great-grandparents were. It's part of our family history.”

“I want to be in the World Cup.”

“Living in London and having a lavish lifestyle, it's not that important to me.”

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