Ryan Babel Quotes

The biggest mistakes I made in my career were when I said, 'If I do this movie, I'll be able to do a couple more movies.' Those are the times I really got ugly.

What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this.

If I was starting off now, I would probably have taken one or two different turnings along the way.

If I hadn't had a childhood career, I probably would've signed a contract with the first person I came across.

If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career.

Never quit a job as a matter of principle. You'll always regret it.

I'm hoping that other people can learn from me, both the mistakes I've made or the opportunities I've had, or for the decisions I've made: for instance, not to go and take a lot of different jobs in a lot of different places, but to stay in one place for most of my career.

I saw Spurs as being a very good fit for me - but we were unable to agree financial terms with them... With hindsight, though, that was not a disaster.

Before 'Holby,' I'd always avoided long-term roles.

Juventus offered me the opportunity to sign in 2017 and I turned it down. I just didn't feel the timing was right.

I have always tried to avoid regrets. Could I have done differently some things in my career? Maybe.

I've turned down a lot of roles. Some of them made stars out of the people. I have no regrets.

The decisions that you make in your career stem out from the experiences you have early on in your career.

I have a very clear idea of what kind of career I want and the choices I need to make to get there.

If you're early on in your career and they give you a choice between a great mentor or higher pay, take the mentor every time. It's not even close. And don't even think about leaving that mentor until your learning curve peaks.

I never set out to be an actor. Again, my mother presented this job by job to me at the time, and if it sounded fun, I would say yes and if it didn't, I would say no. I always knew, since I was 7 or 8 years old, that it was a means to an end and that I wanted to go to college.

It was complicated at Madrid. I was suspicious. The lack of recognition for Makelele over there scared me. I was scared it would happen to me. But I should have gone there. Today, I don't regret the career that I have had, but if I could have changed one thing, it would be that: to go to Madrid.

You can never... any job you do, you can never think about the bigger picture.

I had to decide if I wanted to race full time or be an architect. I decided I could always go back to school.

Post 'Pink,' I don't have any film which I can pick out from my filmography and say 'It would have been better if I hadn't done this film.'

Leaving Tottenham was not by best choice but, apart from that, there haven't been too many regrets in my career.

I could sit here and say, 'What would have happened if I hadn't made that crazy television show, if I hadn't made those crazy movies?' Well, I'd be back in Canada working at Dairy Queen.

I want to have a career in 10, 20 years, so it's harder now, and maybe more stressful now, but in the future, hopefully it will all pay off.

When I look back, maybe I would change some things. Maybe the move to Germany was too early and I should have stayed at Chelsea a bit longer.

I have never been choosy throughout my career.