Imran Tahir Quotes

The West Indians and Pakistanis play one-day cricket so well because they play for English counties.

For a spinner growing up in England, it is challenging to become an off-spinner. The line and length needs to be altered on each of the four days of county cricket or five days of Test matches. The pitches in England don't have a set pattern. It changes with each day, and accordingly, the length varies.

A lot is made of the pink ball. But it is the same really. A good ball is a good ball, regardless of the colour. You might want to bowl a touch fuller with the pink ball when it is nipping around but generally a pink kookaburra behaves the same as a red kookaburra.

Reverse swing is a great asset if it happens.

You have to respect the bowler, and every batsmen have their way of tackling the spinners.

When I watch Twenty20 cricket, there's a different satisfaction. That hundred you get in six hours is a very satisfying feeling. A real triumph of skill. I don't quite see that in the 20-over game - or the 100-ball game.

I forget it's Shane Warne and just think of him as any old bowler lobbing down a lump of leather.

guess they forgot to program us with any respect for authority." "well, I have a highly developed sense of irony.

We have to cease the migration of Arab potential to the west; they should be respected in their own countries.

My main tactic is to focus on the people I respect. The people I think are great people. Do I have their respect? Do I have their support? If the answer is "yes," then I'm doing ok.

The only way I was able to defend myself was to be able to take punishment. Then I got a lot of respect. They said, "Oh, he's okay, he can take it. Don't hit him." The guys were pretty big, and I had asthma.

You ought never to sass old people- unless they sass you first.

The teaching of their ancient belief is filled with truth for the present day. Its profound sense of justice, nation to nation, man to man, is an essential part of every religious and social order. The health of our society depends upon a deep and abiding respect for the basic commandments of the God of Israel.

Live and let live, be and let be, Hear and let hear, see and let see. . . . Live and let live and remember this line: 'Your bus'ness is your bus'ness and my bus'ness is mine.'

Whether they be old or young, rich or poor, high or low, wise or foolish, ignorant or learned, every individual is seen to be strongly actuated by a desire to be seen, heard, talked of, approved and respected... a passion for distinction.

Don't get roped into talking about something that you don't really have passion for, and don't get roped into something you don't have expertise in. Why should somebody listen to you? If you're going to take somebody's time, you better deliver.

Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Sometimes you got to put somebody in their place, let them know that you mean business and you're a grown ass man.

Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are.

I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when his time is come I shall buy a piece of the rope for a keepsake.

Let other people finish their sentences when they’re talking.

We have to have pride in not just one people but all people.

And maybe now you'll start treating everybody with respect. Not just the people you think are important.

At least have the decency in you / To leave me alone, when you freaks see me out / In the streets when I'm eating or feeding my daughter

One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding.