Imran Khan quotes
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“Cricket is a pressure game, and when it comes to an India-Pakistan match the pressure is doubled.”
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“I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.”
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“It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.”
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“It is not defeat that destroys you,it is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you.”
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“These so-called extremists in Pakistan should be brought into the mainstream; if you marginalize them, you radicalize them.”
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“The more you study, the more you know; how less you know.”
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“I am called an Islamic fundamentalist by Rushdie. My critics in Pakistan say I am a Zionist agent. I must be doing something right.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.”
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“I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.”
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“But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money.”
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“During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.”
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“What I perceive, is above all justice, where everyone has the same law.”
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“A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did.”
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“Just give it everything you've got and bowl as fast as possible.”
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“The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.”
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“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?”
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“And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.”
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“If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?”
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“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.”
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“Terrorism is you winning hearts and minds of people.”
-- Imran KhanSource : "Amanpour" with Christiane Amanpour, www.cnn.com. October 12, 2012.
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“I want to have a president in the U.S. who tries to win the hearts and minds of the Muslim world.”
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“I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.”
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“Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.”
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“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.”
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“Win or lose today I am proud of the way my boys have played in the tournament.”
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“At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other.”
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“In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.”
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“I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.”
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“I have fruit trees. Cows for fresh milk, yoghurt. My own wheat. I'm basically self-sufficient.”
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“I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
-- Imran KhanSource : "The path of Khan" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2006.
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