Quotes by Imran Khan

• The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.
• It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
• Just give it everything you've got and bowl as fast as possible.
• Win or lose today I am proud of the way my boys have played in the tournament.
• Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.
• One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy.
• What most people didn't realize in the Western countries is that here its not a question of having supporters, its a question of getting these votes to the polling stations.
• So for us any gain we had in election, one vote that we got, was a win.
• The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.
• The team which handles the pressure best, carries the day.
• There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.
• They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.
• What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law.
• In Pakistan politics is hereditary.
• Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.
• But ultimately it comes down to how the team performs on the day.
• People didn't wasn't the People's party to come in to power again, so they saw NS a viable alternative not us, because everyone knew we were not ready.
• In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.
• And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.
• At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other.
• But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money.
• Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.
• During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.
• I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.
• I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.
• I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.
• I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.
• If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?
• I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
• I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.
• But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them.
• If one area I felt it was a tough election was I couldn't see my young son and I couldn't see my wife a lot, but apart from that for her also it was an experience.
• Silence is the best reply to a fool.