Obviously when you challenge yourself you learn a lot about yourself, and ultimately you're going to get better in whatever field.
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.
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.
I'm an attacking full-back.
I want to keep getting better.
I think every player aspires to challenge themselves against the very best and that's what I'm hoping to do.
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.
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.
The fans just see what's going on on the field, but there's a lot more that goes into it behind the scenes.
I'm really trying to work on my defensive positioning.
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.
Every kid dreams of playing in the Premier League.
If you get taken out after 20 minutes it's a big blow to you.
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.
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.
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.
I love the Premier League. It's obviously a very talented league.
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.
Nobody wants to look stupid by celebrating on offside goal.
I want people to know about my story and where I came from.
