Athlete Quotes

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

Win or lose today I am proud of the way my boys have played in the tournament.

People didn't wasn't the People's party to come in to power again, so they saw NS a viable alternative not us, because everyone knew we were not ready.

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

They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.

Just give it everything you've got and bowl as fast as possible.

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

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

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

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

A country that relies on aid? Death is better than that. It stops you from achieving your potential, just as colonialism did.

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.

One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy.

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

If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?

In Pakistan politics is hereditary.

I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.

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

My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.

My dad worked several jobs to pay for my expense in skating.

It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.

It was never about winning medals or being famous.

It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini.

It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music.

I worked also, doing things such as our paper route and, later on, waitressing.

I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.

I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!

I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jumping!

I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice wearing skates. Eventually we learned to move forward, but soon found out that it was not that easy to stop! So that was our next important lesson.

I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career.