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All Quotes by author - Imran Khan

" A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did. "

" 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. "

" Because I'm anti-war, I've been called pro-Taliban. "

" But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them. "

" But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money. "

" But ultimately it comes down to how the team performs on the day. "

" Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance. "

" Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled. "

" Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion. "

" During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe. "

" I am basically a private person. "

" I am called an Islamic fundamentalist by Rushdie. My critics in Pakistan say I am a Zionist agent. I must be doing something right. "

" I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player. "

" 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 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. "

" 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 have fruit trees. Cows for fresh milk, yoghurt. My own wheat. I'm basically self-sufficient. "

" In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life. "

" In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed. "

" In Pakistan politics is hereditary. "

" It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country. "

" I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition. "

" I want to have a president in the U.S. who tries to win the hearts and minds of the Muslim world. "

" Just give it everything you've got and bowl as fast as possible. "

" 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. "

" Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system. "

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