Mickey Arthur

“There's pressure on each and every game.”

“The way you get wickets is, you've got to build pressure.”

“I enjoy seeing young players given the opportunity and then perform and go on to have fulfilling careers.”

“Every time we play for Pakistan, we are playing to win.”

“I love the time I spend in Lahore and learn more about the culture every day.”

“Coming to Pakistan has been unbelievable. It is the best thing of my career.”

“England's full of cricket tradition. I follow the game there hugely.”

“It's runs for batsmen which is the criteria for selection and similarly, it is wickets for bowlers which are important.”

“Pakistan is a great team to be a part of and to see the emergence of young players is exciting.”

“It happens so quick. You lose a game; you lose another game; it's a World Cup; media scrutiny; public expectation, and then you almost go into sort of survival mode. We've all been there.”

“I like to think that every player who gets left out comes back with point to prove.”

“I was not sceptical coming to Pakistan. I took the job because I was really excited about it.”

“I am so passionate about Pakistan cricket that I would never ever put myself in a position where there will be a conflict of interest.”

“After my dismissal, I received nothing in writing from Cricket Australia, no contact, and no payment at all, not even of my basic leave pay, until I was forced to bring in lawyers to assist in the process.”

“What I saw is Australia is very much an 'old boys' club. A lot of the ex-players carry a huge amount of weight and what they say, a lot goes, and that was the disappointing thing.”

“Unpredictable - that's a word that us as coaching staff hate.”

“I've always tried to grow people rather than cricketers.”

“Cricket is 24/7 for me.”

“A good coach will come in ra, ra, ra and rejig the whole set-up. That might work for a year or 18 months but isn't sustainable. A great coach has the ability to get the best out of his players without the ra, ra, ra stuff.”

“What you know is what you know, both culturally and practically, and you use it to the greatest effect you can.”