Ryan Babel Quotes

Ryan Babel

Profession : Athlete

Birth : December 19, 1986

If you see the kids now they have attitude and a strong character. They play one or two games and demand they are involved. I didn't have that. I was too polite. It is not maybe always good to have fight, but gives a stamp - it shows directly that 'I am here. I mean business.'

Ryan Babel

If you see my record I'm not a stereotype killer striker.

Ryan Babel

Turkish people are very emotional, very passionate about football, really want to see their team do well.

Ryan Babel

For a 20 year old the gap from Holland to England is massive. That's a fact. Not all players are able to settle in directly from day one. I remember even Van Persie needed two, three years but he became Van Persie.

Ryan Babel

I was only used to 4-3-3. For me as a left-winger you have also a left midfielder and a left-back behind you. But in a 4-4-2 you are basically also the left midfielder so you have to help more in defence and I wasn't used to that.

Ryan Babel

I came from Ajax where you play 4-3-3 and as a winger they didn't want you to defend.

Ryan Babel

A lot of things that were written about me bothered me, like my mentality was not good.

Ryan Babel

In the English 4-4-2 you have to change your mentality from a winger to a left midfielder, having to help your full-back.

Ryan Babel

I was 20 years old went I went to the Premier League. When you are 20, you need from other people, you need people to talk to you. But when I went over there, nobody helped me.

Ryan Babel

Not everyone is Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. Even Cristiano Ronaldo's first years at Manchester United were quite difficult.

Ryan Babel

I suppose people lost interest in me when I left Liverpool; but it wasn't me who left, it was other people who left me. If people had continued to follow me, they would have seen my two good seasons in Turkey which caught the attention of Besiktas and Galatasaray.

Ryan Babel

When I left Liverpool, I could have stayed in England but that would have meant joining clubs that didn't play football - just a long-ball game.

Ryan Babel

I have never been a difficult person.

Ryan Babel

I came in on time, I was always a professional.

Ryan Babel

If you are young and you don't get rewarded with game-time, or don't come into games, it is difficult to try to still be hungry in the training sessions.

Ryan Babel

I'm not really making decisions that people normally expect.

Ryan Babel

There were situations in my career where I played much better than another player in my position, but that player had a better name in terms of commercial appeal.

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My career's been a bumpy road, but at the same time I think I am living proof that if you put enough work into things you decide more or less where you want to end up.

Ryan Babel

A lot of people talked down about my career at some point, which makes sense.

Ryan Babel

No, I never doubted my ability.

Ryan Babel