The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.
I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.
Talent or intelligence doesn’t matter, Its your dreams that will decied how big a person you will become.
But I don’t need to use politics as a way of making money.
I want you all to stand like the Muslims who stood with La ilaaha ilalla for Truth and Right.
I do not have any fears, no fear of dying, of failure, of anything; that means I am very dangerous for my opponents.
During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.
What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law.
A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did.
These so-called extremists in Pakistan should be brought into the mainstream; if you marginalize them, you radicalize them.
The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
Just give it everything you’ve got and bowl as fast as possible.
The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.
In Pakistan politics is hereditary.
India is using troops in Kashmir. They are losing the battle of heart and minds. It’s like treating cancer with dispirin.
People still laugh at me in politics, they think I won’t make it; but I think I will, after Harold Wilson, I will be your next Chancellor to become Prime Minister.
People wanted to vote for us but the mechanics of getting the voters to the polling stations we didnt have. We did not have the money most of all .
Without liberty I have nothing left to use except my body.
Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.
I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.