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I like to explore the world.
No, I never doubted my ability.
To be a supersub is mentally hard.
I left Liverpool through the back door.
I've tried to work as hard as possible.
To be underestimated is my biggest motivation.
We can't all be Lionel Messi, even if we want to.
Music has always been an important part of my life.
The important thing, is to believe in a better future.
Before I take an offer seriously, I do my own research.
If you see my record I'm not a stereotype killer striker.
I play for my country and I am an established international.
I'm not really making decisions that people normally expect.
For a lot of different reasons I didn't fulfil my potential.
It doesn't annoy me that I always get asked about my future.
With Ajax and Liverpool, you win about 80 per cent of matches.
I would be so proud to finish my career with a European medal.
America has always been a special place for me, since my youth.
If you are 20 you don't have the same life experiences as at 25.
The Premiership is maybe the best league, it's a very high level.
Scoring a goal is always wonderful and gives any player confidence.
The striker role, together with someone else, is pretty good for me.
I just have to try to be patient, keep working hard and doing my best.
I do have a weakness for Liverpool and I do want them to be champions.
Football players have to grow up very fast. It's a tough life sometimes.
I feel confident that I'm good enough to play a lot of games for Liverpool.
A lot of people talked down about my career at some point, which makes sense.
I went to the UAE aged 28, which normally doesn't make sense to go at that age.
It is a normal thing for a young player to want to prove himself in the Premiership.
I came from Ajax where you play 4-3-3 and as a winger they didn't want you to defend.
A lot of things that were written about me bothered me, like my mentality was not good.
I have played for Ajax, Liverpool and Besiktas in Turkey - all massive clubs in Europe.
Liverpool are a very good team everybody knows that and I am proud to be part of Liverpool.
I've said in earlier interviews maybe I should have stayed one or two more years in Holland.
Liverpool is my club. I try to follow every game. I still support them, I wish them all the best.
I used to play as a striker in Holland. I grew up as a striker. That's the position I want to play.
For every player it's nice to go to the World Cup and it's very important to do that in your career.
Those types of players are always necessary in a team, who are very creative and can break a game open.
A return to the Eredivisie would be nice, but only if it's Ajax. I don't want to play for another team.
People try to warn you about certain things, but sometimes you have to experience those things yourself.
Turkish people are very emotional, very passionate about football, really want to see their team do well.
I was loved in Liverpool, I had good relationship with the fans and my team-mates but I felt I could do better.
I think the 20-year-old me from that time, if I could have been managed under Jurgen Klopp, I'd have benefitted.
My feeling about Al Ain was very positive, was very good, and if my feeling wasn't like that I would never have come.
If there isn't a team that plays my type of game I don't think I could make a big difference. I have to be realistic.
Everything I did on the left I had to learn in a 4-4-2 system, it wasn't natural. To collect the ball on my wrong foot.
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.
I've done so much in my career but a little part of me feels I still have unfinished business here in the Premier League.
Not everyone is Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. Even Cristiano Ronaldo's first years at Manchester United were quite difficult.
I do think I have a thing or two to improve myself although it is difficult to reach your full potential at an average team.