DeAndre Yedlin Quotes

DeAndre Yedlin

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 9, 1993

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.

DeAndre Yedlin

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

DeAndre Yedlin

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.

DeAndre Yedlin

Obviously you have to take it the right way, keep your head down, be humble. But I think if you're in an environment where you're challenging yourself, you're only going to improve. So that's honestly what I tried to do when I went to Europe.

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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.

DeAndre Yedlin

Obviously when you challenge yourself you learn a lot about yourself, and ultimately you're going to get better in whatever field.

DeAndre Yedlin

When I made the decision to go to Europe, a lot of people questioned it. The first six months I was there even I was questioning it, but I think I learned a lot more about myself in that six months than I have my whole life.

DeAndre Yedlin

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.

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I'm an attacking full-back.

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I want to keep getting better.

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I think every player aspires to challenge themselves against the very best and that's what I'm hoping to do.

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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.

DeAndre Yedlin

In the Premier League a little half a second can punish you and you just have to be focused for all 90 or 95 minutes, whatever it may be.

DeAndre Yedlin

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

DeAndre Yedlin

Seattle was good for me. I was very comfortable there - not comfortable in terms of it was too easy, but I was at home, I was with my family and friends. It was a great life. I was home. But I think, for me, when I get too comfortable with the lifestyle and everything, I feel that my performances, my focus can go down.

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

DeAndre Yedlin

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.

DeAndre Yedlin

Every kid dreams of playing in the Premier League.

DeAndre Yedlin

Klinsmann should be remembered as a great coach; I don't think a lot of people see it, but as players, we really appreciate what he did for America soccer. He opened American soccer up. He gave it a lot more variety of players. You see German-Americans and Mexican-Americans, and you see the guys that were born in America.

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

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