DeAndre Yedlin Quotes

DeAndre Yedlin

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 9, 1993

When I was younger if I was in someone else's shoes, if you saw a professional athlete you'd want to go up and introduce yourself and ask a couple questions, so I definitely know where they're coming from.

DeAndre Yedlin

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

DeAndre Yedlin

As a manager you're going to put out the player you think is going to best help you win the game.

DeAndre Yedlin

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.

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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.

DeAndre Yedlin

A lot of people ask me what has been the biggest change with me being in England and a lot of people expect me to say something related to football, but mostly it's just growing up and becoming a man.

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If you're not fully happy doing one thing, you try to do find another thing to take your mind from it.

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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.

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

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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.

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I'm able to travel all over the world to play and do something that I love. That's not something that a lot of people get to do.

DeAndre Yedlin

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

DeAndre Yedlin

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.

DeAndre Yedlin

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

DeAndre Yedlin

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.

DeAndre Yedlin

I won't eat past when I'm full. I think that's the problem some people have, they like a dish so much that they'll eat until it's completely gone and feel sick after. Me, if I feel full, ready, comfortable, I'll stop.

DeAndre Yedlin

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.

DeAndre Yedlin

I think at some point I would like to meet my dad. He's in prison in the U.S. for life, so it's about figuring out where he is stationed and making time to see him.

DeAndre Yedlin

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.

DeAndre Yedlin

Obviously the chance to work with Rafa, there's not really a better situation I could be in. He's great. He takes his time with you. One-on-ones, he'll stay out after training for another hour if you need it. He's been one of the best managers I've had.

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