DeAndre Yedlin Quotes

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

You can't try a man-to-man if you don't practice it.

When I was young, we used to do drills to get a feel for the man you were marking.

I think as a central defender you grow as a player.

One thing was crystal clear to me: if you're centre-back, you first of all have to perform your task.

At Tottenham, we are just bombing on as wing-backs, but sometimes on the international stage, where there is so much quality, you need to be more careful about the distance between yourself and the right-sided centre-half.

I've been watching a whole heap of video footage of different players on different teams and how different players get the football. But the best way I learn is getting out there and playing.

I consider all aspects of being a goalkeeper as fundamental in the development of the side as a whole.

I think my one-on-one defense is pretty good.

I prefer defensive midfielder because I know my job when I play there. More things are in front of you.

You need to know exactly where to be on the pitch at all times.

There are a lot of things you learn from playing wide. You also understand the way that you can coordinate with the front three or front two.

I think I can play both deep field and inside the box.

I like to play with my back to the goal, but my colleagues have to tell me when I'm alone or how much room I have so I can choose to pass or to go straight for the goal.

You need to defend as a team to defend well.

First of all, I am and I remain a goalkeeper, but I try to be involved as much as I can and to help the defenders. I try to read dangerous situations in advance.

A big part of my game is movement. The players that I play with understand that and took the time to see where I like to run, and it's worked out.

I know if I'm playing centre-back, there are certain places where you don't give your full-back the ball - because I've been the full-back!

You need to love to play defense.

The beginning of everything is our defensive organisation. The clean sheet is always the first objective that we have in the game. Always.

I think defending is more of, like, a science, and it's fun to learn that. And then I see attacking as an art.

It's not just about your name. It's about what you do for your team and your value on the defensive end of the court. That's all that matters.

I just try to play hard defensively.

My main improvement on defense has just been my coaches. They've been teaching me defensive schemes, how to guard guys, and how to use my length.

I like to be involved as much as I can in the game, and in the middle, you're definitely the heartbeat of the team. When you're on the right, you can go minutes without seeing the ball, and that's a long time when you're out on the pitch.