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“I didn't pick up a ball for three years. It was very depressing for me because, as a professional, it's very difficult when you can't use the facilities, play cricket; you can't even touch the ball, so what are you going to do then?”
“It has been an honour to represent Pakistan in the pinnacle and traditional format of the game. I, however, have decided to move away from the longer version so I can concentrate on white ball cricket.”
“I think the more cricket you play, the more you will learn about yourself and learn about life in general.”
“I come from a village, Changa Bangyaal. It is a very beautiful village. I am from a poor family. Right from the beginning, I always had a great deal of love for cricket.”
“You can't push and force people to do what they don't want to do. If things need to change, it has to be gradual.”
“I was banned when I feel I was at my peak, and anyone in my shoes would feel the same way I did and would also have gone through the whole range of emotions that I did.”
“There are two teams against whom my energy is always very high: India and Australia.”
“I wish there were no free hit off a no-ball.”
“At times, when everything is good, you enjoy your peak, but you are sometimes not able to differentiate between right and wrong - everything seems to be good even if you know it's bad. So this is what I have learnt.”
“Thanks to Allah, I trust myself to distinguish between right and wrong.”
“Although I was good at my studies, I also thought to myself that I should play cricket as well. And when the cricket team that consisted of the boys from our village used to play, I was able to play with the team that had older players.”
“At the end of the day, nobody drops a catch on purpose, and even the fielder gets frustrated. As a bowler, when a few catches are dropped, yeah, that is frustrating. But I think, ultimately, it's part of the game.”
“I believe cricket suffered because of me. Fans were disheartened because of me. I want to make them happy and win them over again.”
“You can't push and force people to do what they don't want to do.”
“Life was very tough, and there were times I thought I might not be able to play again.”
“I got so famous with so many new people entering my life. You can imagine how it was for an 18-year-old who was playing effortlessly and savouring every moment of my success. I had lost all sense of reality.”