DeAndre Yedlin Quotes

DeAndre Yedlin

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 9, 1993

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

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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 level.

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

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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.

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

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I want to be in the World Cup.

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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 the police are wrong, which sounds crazy, but that's how it was back then.

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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.

DeAndre Yedlin

As a young black American you become desensitised to it, it's just like 'oh, another guy, another kid died today.' That's so, so sad cos we are talking about human life, the most sacred thing we have.

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My grandfather, my grandmother especially, I have a whole family of activists, they've always told me to stand up for what I believe in.

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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 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.

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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.

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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 pretty good on your own out there.

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

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Usually, when I'm in the 3-5-2, it's at the end of the game, in the 80th minute, where I'm really just attacking.

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Obviously, when you're getting games, you're getting confidence as well.

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I like to attack obviously.

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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.

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For me, I want to win the World Cup. If that's not the goal then I don't think you should be playing.

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