Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I don't really do without any plans. If somebody is trying to do something, you must have plans. "
Jahangir Khan
Without
Somebody
Trying
Related Quotes:
" I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year. "
Jahangir Khan
Senior
Same
Playing
" We shouldn't be thinking about individuals or departments. We should be thinking about national interest. Lifting the standard of Pakistan squash is like working towards national interest. "
Jahangir Khan
Thinking
Working
Like
" I wanted to start a proper academy and recruit juniors from all over Pakistan following my retirement after the World Open in 1993 but there was no support. "
Jahangir Khan
Open
Start
Retirement
" Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We are working towards this and will keep trying even if our bid is not successful. "
Jahangir Khan
See
Successful
Trying
" Generally the younger generation are not hard working. They will have to put in more effort to achieve results in tournaments. most of them can perform well but they cannot deliver when they play abroad. "
Jahangir Khan
Hard
Generation
Play
" You hire a chief executive, pay him, and hold him accountable after a year or two. The time for so-called honorary jobs is over. What Pakistan squash needs is results, and that can only be achieved by professionals. "
Jahangir Khan
Time
Year
You
" To be the best, I had to work harder than everyone else. "
Jahangir Khan
Best
Work
Than
" It wasn't my plan to create such a record. All I did was put in the effort to win every match I played and it went on for weeks, months and years until my defeat to Ross Norman in Toulouse in 1986. "
Jahangir Khan
Create
Years
Defeat
" During my time, squash was not even part of Asian or Commonwealth Games. Considering the dominance of Jansher Khan and I in the '80s and '90s, it goes without saying that Pakistan would have bagged a plethora of medals through us at these games. And yes, the ultimate prize would have been an Olympic gold. "
Jahangir Khan
Games
Yes
Saying
" Squash was my livelihood and as in business, I had to stay on top. "
Jahangir Khan
Squash
Had
Top
" Every winning streak will have to end sometime. "
Jahangir Khan
Winning
End
Sometime
" Let's face it. There is no setup in Pakistan to train and groom young players at the grassroots level in different sports. Those of us who did make a name for ourselves and became champions did it with our own initiative - there was no academy to back us till we reached a certain level on our own. "
Jahangir Khan
Champions
Train
Sports
" Everything is changing in squash. Lots of television coverage and the game has become very professional. "
Jahangir Khan
Television
Game
Become
" My unbeaten record and the 10 British Open wins have not been equalled. "
Jahangir Khan
Open
Been
Wins
" If you have a burning ambition and desire, absolutely anything can be achieved. "
Jahangir Khan
Burning
Ambition
Anything
" The pressure began to mount as I kept winning every time and people were anxious to see if I could be beaten. "
Jahangir Khan
See
Time
Pressure
" Squash has been my life and I owe a lot to the sport. "
Jahangir Khan
Lot
Been
Squash
" Squash is my passion, and it is in my blood. "
Jahangir Khan
Squash
Blood
Passion
" Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional. "
Jahangir Khan
Discipline
Work
Hard Work
" A player cannot become a world champion overnight. To become a champion, a player has to sacrifice a lot and to devote much of his time practising and training. "
Jahangir Khan
Training
Champion
Lot
" You can't go on winning all the time. "
Jahangir Khan
Winning
You
Go
" However, there is no assurance that we can produce world class players so soon. Only time can tell. "
Jahangir Khan
Players
Class
Only
" I enjoyed my 15 years at the top, and now I enjoy watching the current crop. What I did, maybe they can't do, and what they do, perhaps I couldn't do. It's like that. I wanted to simply be the best. On a professional level, I wanted to be No. 1, and I worked hard to be that. "
Jahangir Khan
Best
Enjoy
Top
" Nicol has great potential and there is a huge gap between her and the rest of the juniors. She needs to concentrate full time on the professional circuit from now on and it is the only way for her to realize her potential. "
Jahangir Khan
Time
Great
Professional