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.
I think in some ways it makes me feel uncomfortable, just getting a bunch of attention. I'd rather just stay chill and kind of lay low.
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.
Confidence is a funny thing, and sometimes that's all you need is just that little bit to elevate you to the next level.
I want to be in the World Cup.
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.
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.
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.
There's no amount of money that can make me shut up about something I think is wrong.
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.
At fullback you have a little bit more defensive responsibility. You have to help out with your center backs a little bit more. As a wing back, you can be a little bit more aggressive with getting forward.
I'm maturing as a person and as a player.
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.
Obviously, when you're getting games, you're getting confidence as well.
I like to attack obviously.
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.
For me, I want to win the World Cup. If that's not the goal then I don't think you should be playing.
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.
Once you start to become OK at something, you learn to enjoy it more.
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.
