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

Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.

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

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

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

In Pakistan politics is hereditary.

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

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

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

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

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.

What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law.

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

I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.

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

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.

The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.

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

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

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.

I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.

Win or lose today I am proud of the way my boys have played in the tournament.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Compromise for your Dream but NEVER Compromise on your Dream.

There are greater goals in life than material and sensual pleasures.

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

It is not defeat that destroys youit is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.

The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.

Ambition can be a disease, and it feeds on itself.

My craziest ambition is to take John Madden's job and salary.