Football Quotes by Ryan Babel

I left Liverpool through the back door.

— Ryan Babel

Football players have to grow up very fast. It's a tough life sometimes.

— Ryan Babel

With Ajax and Liverpool, you win about 80 per cent of matches.

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The Premiership is maybe the best league, it's a very high level.

— Ryan Babel

We can't all be Lionel Messi, even if we want to.

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I do have a weakness for Liverpool and I do want them to be champions.

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I play for my country and I am an established international.

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I feel confident that I'm good enough to play a lot of games for Liverpool.

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Nobody likes me. I know that the Holland boss, Ronald Koeman, appreciates me. But for pundits, TV commentators and in the media,…

— Ryan Babel

I have enough confidence at the moment to say that I have the potential to play at the same level as Arjen…

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England is of course a great country to play in, and I'll always be open for a return. But it has to…

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For every player it's nice to go to the World Cup and it's very important to do that in your career.

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In Holland, you can step into the manager's office and ask him for clarity if you don't know why you're not playing…

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Rafa Benitez promised me a certain development, but very quickly he took away that promise and it was a totally different situation.

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I know Robin van Persie very well and he is a great person and I have a lot of contact with him…

— Ryan Babel

Liverpool are a very good team everybody knows that and I am proud to be part of Liverpool.

— 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…

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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.…

— 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…

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Yes, there is a lot of competition for places at Liverpool but that's the same at every top club. It was like…

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They used to have selection days for all the local kids and I went to these trials three times and got turned…

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I was 20 years old went I went to the Premier League. When you are 20, you need from other people, you…

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I liked mostly to play football on the ground and have a little bit of playing tactics rather than just up and…

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Liverpool is my club. I try to follow every game. I still support them, I wish them all the best.

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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…

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If the vision is not right and if the right group of players is not together, it doesn't come together.

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I used to play as a striker in Holland. I grew up as a striker. That's the position I want to play.

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Playing as a striker is a nice role because I spent all my youth there so that's why I like it.

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A return to the Eredivisie would be nice, but only if it's Ajax. I don't want to play for another team.

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I enjoyed my time in Germany, I definitely rate the league as it develops well and you have quite a lot of…

— Ryan Babel

I still believe I can be a striker but, if you want to be a striker, you have to think more about…

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If there isn't a team that plays my type of game I don't think I could make a big difference. I have…

— Ryan Babel

England is the biggest league in the world. Of course, you have Barcelona and Real Madrid but, as a league, England is…

— Ryan Babel

If it fits in with my career, it will be a challenge for me to play for a MLS team. If that…

— Ryan Babel

I have played for Ajax, Liverpool and Besiktas in Turkey - all massive clubs in Europe.

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Every footballer plays with the hope that people love to watch you. But, for me, there is no sympathy or interest. I…

— Ryan Babel

I think the 20-year-old me from that time, if I could have been managed under Jurgen Klopp, I'd have benefitted.

— 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

Those types of players are always necessary in a team, who are very creative and can break a game open.

— Ryan Babel

When I left Liverpool, I could have stayed in England but that would have meant joining clubs that didn't play football -…

— Ryan Babel