Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Imran Tahir - Page 2

I don't bowl for personal numbers.

Playing for South Africa is an absolute honour, and I don't feel like I need to relax. Every game I take more than seriously.

Moving to South Africa and trying to make a mark as a cricketer and then make it to the international team hasn't been easy. This is why I want to enjoy every moment of it.

I've been playing cricket for quite a long time all over the world, and all the situations I have been in have given me confidence.

Its strong management that makes players feel comfortable.

Fifty overs is a long time. It's a good challenge, and you have enough time to show your skills.

I really can't pinpoint why I celebrate the way I do. I just love it when I pick a wicket, and it comes naturally to me to express my joy in the manner that I do.

Hampshire were the club who gave me my first chance, so I owe them a lot.

One must always love passionately.

There are not too many leg-spinners in the world, and if you look closely, Mishra bhai will stand out as one of the best.

I want to be the guy the captain can trust.

All I do is work hard. Try and work on my bowling and keep improving every day. That's the key to success at the international level and in tournaments like the IPL.

I am more South African than Pakistani now. It's a great country, and I have met so many nice people.

I will bowl defensively if I have to.

I can't see myself playing anywhere else in the world. You don't know how much I want to play international cricket for South Africa.

I have a lot of respect, whatever format I play.

If I get a wicket, I just want to show people that how big that is for me.

If you look at me outside the cricket ground, I am a simple, normal guy, like everyone else. But on the field, that passion flows because I have been through a lot of tough times and have lost many special people.

I have always been an attacking bowler. I am more than happy to go for a few runs and get a few wickets.

The wickets in England are very helpful to me.

I will do what my team wants me to do and justify my place in the side.

It's always nice to be in England - I love it here.

For me, the most important thing is that the team should do well.

When I go to bed after playing a Test match, I want to feel that I gave 100%.

It's the nature of a human that when you get neglected somewhere, you want to go back and prove a point.

The start of the English county season - from April to mid-May when it's cold - is the same as South Africa because it seams and swings. After that, the ball starts spinning nicely, and that's when I get my wickets.

The best players of the world play in the IPL, and to bowl to them in T20 cricket isn't easy.

I don't think it is difficult to balance professional sports with practising your faith. It is very easy if you follow the right path.

I have been bowling at the death sometimes. You need to focus. You know if you miss your target, you will go for a boundary, but it's also good because it makes you a really good bowler. You practise hard, and you try to bowl in one area most of the time.

In T20, there's a time shortage because you've got four overs. In one-day cricket, you relax, and the game goes long, and you only win the game in the last 10 or 15 overs.

You just need to go into matches with a clear plan in T20 cricket. If you go half-half, it's going to be really hard to come back.

I never look to contain. I always try and take wickets.

I just like to enjoy my cricket.

Any spinner can change the game. It's been proven in T20 cricket.

It's always tough for a spinner to bowl against India.

I always believe I will take wickets.

In T20, batsmen are always going after you, so a good policy is to bowl five-six dot balls in your first two-three overs so that pressure builds on the batsman, and he plays riskier shots.

If you go for wickets all the time, then you will go for runs as well because you will have to flight the ball and invite the batsmen to hit you.

I try not to miss my prayers and the 30 fasts in Ramazan, but even if I do miss them due to my cricket, I make up for them later on.