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Imran Khan
Pakistani
Athlete
About the author
The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Will
#Peace
#Future
#Cricket
It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#People
#Country
#Poor
Just give it everything you've got and bowl as fast as possible.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
Win or lose today I am proud of the way my boys have played in the tournament.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Today
#Boys
Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Needs
#Government
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.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#People
#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.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#People
#Question
#Countries
So for us any gain we had in election, one vote that we got, was a win.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Vote
#Gain
The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Opponents
The team which handles the pressure best, carries the day.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Day
#Pressure
There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Democracy
#Money
#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.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Hope
#People
#Will
#Day
#Play
#Islam
What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Law
#Justice
In Pakistan politics is hereditary.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Politics
Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Corruption
But ultimately it comes down to how the team performs on the day.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#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.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#People
#Power
#Party
In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Life
#Experience
#Fact
And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Play
#Pressure
At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#People
#Law
#Class
But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Money
#Politics
Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Pressure
#Cricket
During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Years
#Cricket
I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Ambition
I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Result
#Islam
I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Thought
I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Government
If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Fire
I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Losing
#Key
I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Work
#Goals
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.
Imran Khan,
Pakistani
Athlete
#Wife
#Experience
#Son