Quotes from DeAndre Yedlin

I was raised to always be humble.

There are things you have to look at with those world-class players, but at the end of the day, they're not superheroes. They're still human.

I've always been fast, it's God-given talent. I just try and use that to my advantage, but I'm learning more and more positionally so I don't have to rely on my pace so much.

I think positionally I've improved. One vs. one I feel more comfortable. I knew that was going to come - obviously that's the kind of thing that comes with experience.

I think if you put a timeframe on things, you can start rushing things and getting away from the goals, so I try to take it day by day and make sure I keep improving.

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

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

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

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

I try not to snack, but my family, we're all big snackers. So I try to keep healthy snacks around, like Nutri-Grain bars, pistachios, that sort of thing. But you're always going to cheat a little bit.

Everybody tells me they don't know how I have so much energy, and I think people feed off that, which is great.

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

I think the fact people still don't realise why people are taking a knee and saying 'Black Lives Matter,' people are being so close-minded to the fact that no one is disrespecting the flag, nobody is saying all lives don't matter.

Every international career is going to come to an end you're going to pass it down to the younger generation. Every career comes to that point.

I think I just have the mentality that I'm always hungry.

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

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

Billy Jones, positionally, is unbelievable. He's not the fastest guy but he makes up for it by being positionally sound, so I really tried to focus and absorb where he would be in certain situations and just tried to add that in my game.

I knew there was no money in track and field unless you were unbelievable. So I stopped it when I was 13. I just really wanted to focus on soccer and with soccer training and high school, it would have been too much if I did track and field as well.

I think one of the biggest things is I wasn't spoiled as a kid. I got what I needed. I didn't always get what I wanted. But it's good to have what you need.

I grew up with very strong family support. My grandparents raised me, and my uncle sort of played that father-figure role in my life.

I couldn't really tell if it was a different childhood because I was used to it, it was kind of normal to me. The only time I remember it felt a bit odd was when I went to other people's houses and they were calling people 'dad.' I wouldn't get that. But my uncle, who also lived with me, was a father figure.

I think in some ways it makes me feel uncomfortable, just getting a bunch of attention. I'd rather just stay chill and kind of lay low.

Every manager has different opinions and all you can do as a player is try to fight and get your spot back, or at least earn your manager's trust back to try and get your spot back. There's no use sulking about it, you just get on with it and try to raise your game to get back to the level you need to be when you were starting.