My biggest ambition, ever since I was a boy in Pakistan, has been to play cricket at the highest level. If I can do so for South Africa, I'll give everything.
The captaincy thing is brilliant, and I love it. But I didn't start off playing cricket to captain England. I wanted to score runs and stuff.
I never thought of breaking a record. The only ambition I had was to become the fastest century maker for India, which I did when I broke Azharuddin's record.
I have no real desire to play Test cricket, and the reason I lost this desire was because I was not selected consistently for Test matches.
I want to play Test cricket until I die, seriously.
With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.
Physically and mentally, it's quite hard. But I'm playing cricket for England. It's what I dream about doing.
I always wanted to be a professional cricketer, which meant I didn't work as much as I should have done at exams. But, happily, it came off.
I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket.
I want to play 100 Test matches for England.
I'm delighted to have signed for such an ambitious club as Hampshire. I'm very much looking forward to my first taste of county cricket. It's also an honour to follow other Bajans like Malcolm Marshall and Gordon Greenidge to Hampshire.
We all grow up dreaming of playing international cricket.
Delighted with the opportunity to represent India at the World Cup. This is a dream come true for any cricketer. I will do all that I can to contribute to a World Cup win.
When I was a kid, my first dream was to play Test matches, and the second one was to play 100 Test matches because there are very few people who have played 100 Tests for India.
I have a dream of playing 100 Tests.
My dream is to play Test cricket.
I want to captain England in more Tests than anyone else.
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.
Every young cricketer from our county dreams of playing for Yorkshire and going on to represent England.
I have never tried to hide my ambition to work in county cricket one day.
No disrespect to county cricket but when you're playing for England it is the ultimate, it is what has always driven me to push myself above and beyond.
All I ever wanted to do was play cricket for England and be successful.
I have always loved the big stage and would often tell my friends while growing up that I'd want to help India win the World Cup one day.
I am here to play cricket. No preferences at all. T20, ODI, Test - I just want to perform on every stage and prove my worth as a good bowler.
Well, I think that I pretty much grew up grow up wanting to represent the West Indies.
