IMRAN KHAN

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I am basically a private person.

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

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

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

Because I'm anti-war, I've been called pro-Taliban.

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.

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

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

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

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.

In Pakistan politics is hereditary.

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

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

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

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

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

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