Quotes from DeAndre Yedlin

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

As a player if you win 10 in a row and you lose one, or you lose 10 in a row, you are still going to be angry when you lose. It's the nature of the game.

I was fortunate to be raised in Seattle, which was amazing, but that doesn't take away from the fact I was still a black kid growing up in America.

Oh, I grew up in Seattle.

When you're the younger guy, you're kind of only looking after yourself. Obviously you have to be a bit selfish in terms of what you're doing. But when you're the older guy you have to look out for the younger guys as well. If they're making mistakes, they need help, then you help them.

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

If you get taken out after 20 minutes it's a big blow to you.

Before, sometimes if the ball was played over my head I wouldn't know where I was but now I feel a lot more comfortable. Sometimes I would be going forward when it really wasn't the right time to go too, but now I'm picking my moments better.

Nobody wants to look stupid by celebrating on offside goal.

For me, I can't eat healthy 100 percent of the year. There's obviously those little times where you have to eat something that's not great for you, but you just need comfort food.

In England, especially, mentally if you're not strong it can eat you up. There's the media, all the negativity surrounding footballers. If you're not mentally strong, it can eat you.

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

I feel like I've improved immensely in terms of my defending, not only in one-versus-ones but also with my positioning.

You can see it with social media and things like that, back in the day it was harder to convince people that the police are wrong, which sounds crazy, but that's how it was back then.

The Premier League is one of the top leagues in the world and I'm a guy that likes to challenge myself, so just to be able to practice against those types of players and play against them every weekend is a dream come true.

I'm fortunate that Newcastle and the fans welcomed me with open arms because I know it's not easy being a former Sunderland player.

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

It's a league that you really have to get used to. If you're coming from another one, it's a tough league. Getting the experience playing in a Premier League team and getting hopefully consistent games will be huge for me.

Every kid dreams of playing in the Premier League.

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

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

A lot of people don't realise how mentally tough the Premier League is.

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

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