Mohammad Amir

“I hate when a batsman plays a pull shot off my bowling.”

“Everybody knows that prison is not a good place for anyone, and nobody would feel proud to be there. But I'd like to mention that I was treated really well in there.”

“I want to be the best cricketer I can be for my country. If I work hard, the main aim for me is to be the world's best bowler.”

“If you know you've been out of order, then you must tell the truth.”

“When my ban was relaxed I began playing club cricket. Imagine, for a person who had played at Lord's, to play with a club team who didn't have proper kit against another club team in Lahore.”

“No matter how small the dishonest deed is, at the end of the day, cheating is cheating.”

“Playing cricket in England is what I am looking forward to, and I would love to bowl at Lord's again.”

“As a fast bowler, if you are out of the game for five months, then that can be catastrophic, but to be out of the game for five years was very tough, and to make a comeback after such a lengthy period with no cricket behind me was a difficult ask.”

“I love people who succeed in life overcoming various odds.”

“I never challenged the ICC verdict. This means I accepted my punishment. It is mentioned in Islamic law that you have got to be punished if you commit a mistake. What is important is that I have learnt my lesson.”

“I know people madly in love with cricket; they got hurt, and they now should trust me only because I want to give back their love for cricket by performing. I want them to trust me because they lost something because of me, and I want to give back with my whole heart and soul.”

“My favourite ground is The Oval because I have a lot of memories on that ground.”

“The main thing for a bowler is his wrist position, and that, as I've said before, is something I'm working on.”

“What I had said was that as a cricketer, you have to take care of your body and look after your fitness levels, and someone altered that statement and quoted me as saying that I wanted to quit playing Test cricket. It's totally untrue, and as long as I am fit, I want to play in all formats.”

“If anyone says you are bad, this mean he wants you to be good, and I am here to be good, and I want to be good. If they say I have done bad, then they should also give me a chance to change myself for good.”

“I have toured New Zealand before and know they love the game, and they are so caring and loving, so I don't expect anything untoward from them.”

“When I first met Salman Butt, he was a senior player, and he was a star for Pakistan, and I was a junior, but he had a very good image amongst the juniors. It wasn't that he was only nice to me: he was close to all the juniors, cracking jokes and socialising with them and being pleasant to them.”

“Pakistan fans are crazy about cricket.”

“When you are 16 or 17, you think you are right about everything. But when you are over 20, you realise the mistakes you made at 16 or 18. You learn with age.”

“I want to thank all my team-mates as well as the opponents in red ball cricket. It has been a privilege to play with and against them.”