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

There are things you have to look at with those world-class players, but at the end of the day, they're not superheroes. They're still human.

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

Oh, I grew up in Seattle.

Everybody tells me they don't know how I have so much energy, and I think people feed off that, which is great.

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

Life in Newcastle has been a lot more similar to life in Seattle, which has been great. The city is relaxed but, just like Seattle, Newcastle's passion for their team is second to none. You get recognized walking down the street or when you're around town.

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.

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.

I want people to know about my story and where I came from.

Nobody wants to look stupid by celebrating on offside goal.

It's no secret that I think that MLS is a top five, top six league in the world but they're not the top league.

I love the Premier League. It's obviously a very talented league.

Confidence is a funny thing, and sometimes that's all you need is just that little bit to elevate you to the next level.

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.

For me, that's the biggest thing, if something holds me back it's my mental game so I really tried to focus on that and just worked on that.

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

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.

Every kid dreams of playing in the Premier League.

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.

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

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.

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

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.