Quotes By Imran Khan

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.

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

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.

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?

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

You don't kill your way to peace.

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

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.

In Pakistan politics is hereditary.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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