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

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I’m fine with just a simple life.

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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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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.

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That comes with any position, you play it more and more and you get comfortable.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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I was raised to always be humble.

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Every kid dreams of playing in the Premier League.

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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.

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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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Competition all over the field is great.

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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.

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I’ve played both right-back and right wing, I can’t really say if I am more comfortable in one or the other but both are fun positions for me to play.

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If I had grown earlier, maybe I would have stuck with football. Maybe. But I was just too small. I was quick, I could outrun people, but if anyone ever got a hand on me, I was done.

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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.

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As a player, you love to play in front of a big crowd.

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

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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.

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

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You never want to be too comfortable because that’s when you start to get complacent and start doing those little stupid things and getting too relaxed.

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

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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.

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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.

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If my path is with Tottenham then it’s with Tottenham.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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I want to be in the World Cup.

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Oh, I grew up in Seattle.

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I’m an attacking full-back.

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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.

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

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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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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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Positional awareness comes with experience, so getting game time helps, but we also work a lot in training as a back-line and also on defensive shape.

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If you don’t want competition, I think it means you’re scared and you can get a little bit comfortable.

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First and foremost my obligation is on the defensive side. But obviously there are times when I need to go and attack, too.

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

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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.

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

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

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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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Even when my grandparents compliment me, I don’t like when they do that.

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

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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.

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