Imran Khan Quotes

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

Game, Cricket, Pressure

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.
Imran Khan

Trust, Money, Spiritual

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

Death, Country, Potential

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

Imagination, Player, Ordinary

In Pakistan politics is hereditary.
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Politics, Pakistan, Hereditary

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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Islamic, Pakistan, Critics

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

Home, Fire, Try

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?
Imran Khan

Time, War, Children

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

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

Win, Minds, President

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.
Imran Khan

Democracy, Here, Means

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

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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Islam, Bad, Lose

It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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Important, Country, Try

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

Work, Hard, Achieve

Just give it everything you've got and bowl as fast as possible.
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Everything, Give, Possible

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.
Imran Khan

Hope, Islam, Understand

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

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.
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Country, Move, Scared

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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Power, Everyone, Again

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

Today, Win, Proud

Terrorism is you winning hearts and minds of people.
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Winning, Minds, Terrorism

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

You don't kill your way to peace.
Imran Khan

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

Play, Team, Learn

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Nationality: Pakistani

Born: November 25, 1952

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