Quotes By Imran Khan

I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.

I am basically a private person.

Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that.

The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.

So for us any gain we had in election, one vote that we got, was a win.

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

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

The team which handles the pressure best, carries the day.

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.

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

If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?

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.

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

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

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

I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.

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?

You don't kill your way to peace.

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.

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.

These so-called extremists in Pakistan should be brought into the mainstream; if you marginalize them, you radicalize them.

At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other.

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

In Pakistan politics is hereditary.

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

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

And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.

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

The Westoxified Pakistanis have been selling their souls and killing their own people for a few million dollars.

When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.