Top 50 Imran Tahir Quotes

If I want to hide myself from my limitations, then I don’t want to play this game.

I just like challenge. I had a lot of them in my life, and then when it comes to that, I think I can be ready for anything, really.

I want to be the guy the captain can trust.

I have learnt that patience is important: patience when you bowl and also in how you handle life.

Whenever I have time, I do my fitness. I go running on my own on Sundays or on Eid. I’d rather gym every day than go watch movies.

I love to help kids, especially spinners, in South Africa. You won’t see many guys bowling legspin, so I want to try to see if I can develop another Imran Tahir.

Legspinners are exciting characters.

I love to talk about bowling, and whoever comes for hel,p I’m always there. Even in IPL, PSL, I try to help the youngsters as much as I can.

Its strong management that makes players feel comfortable.

Leg spinners can change the game.

I always love challenges, and when I bowl, I always look to get wickets.

The googly and the slider are my favourite type of deliveries, and I love it when batsmen try to cut or sweep me and, while attempting those strokes, get lbw or clean bowled.

According to me, a leg-spinner is such a character who, on his day, can win the match for you if he is bowling well and has the support of the captain and the coach.

South Africa is now my country.

I don’t bowl for personal numbers.

I think I feel good as a South African player that people say that we always get into semifinal and lose… this is one of the biggest achievements to get into semifinal. Not many teams do that. For me, it’s a real achievement.

I wouldn’t want to overstay in the team for too long. I want to leave with respect.

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 don’t take anything for granted.

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 wickets in England are very helpful to me.

There is always a pressure if you play every game and especially when you are representing your country.

My wife and kid always support me.

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’m always looking for new and exciting opportunities.

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

One must always love passionately.

I’m just really honoured to play for South Africa. Just to be part of this team is a special feeling.

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 will bowl defensively if I have to.

The off spinner’s job is to contain; for me, leg spinners need to have a bigger heart than anyone else because it is easy to blame them.

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.

Playing for CSK, one of the best franchises in the world, I’ve to show people how much I love and respect this team.

I believe one should work hard to get what you want.

Spinners have a main role, whether in the IPL or world cricket. But it’s hard to be a legspinner: you have to be accurate.

I don’t want to just keep playing for the sake of playing. The day I realise I’m not good enough, I’ll go. I want to play as long as I can – not just to make up the numbers but to play with utmost passion.

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.

When you always walk into the middle with green and gold, I just want to take 10 wickets every game.

I’m the guy who come through a lot of hard patches. I’ve seen a lot of hardships.

For me, what is important is, as a legspinner, you need determination, especially in modern-day cricket. You need to feel that you can change a game.

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

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.

In professional cricket, everybody wants to win.

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

I am the kind of person who will give his best every single time. I cannot underperform unless I’m playing with kids. Actually, I’d probably still get angry if they try to hit me!

In 2004 in England, there was one catch that was very special to me. I was bowling in a league match, and the batsman hit the ball over my head. I had to run back to between mid-off and mid-on to take the catch, and I did.

When someone attacks you, there is always an opportunity, and that’s what I look for.

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.

You have to just adjust to the conditions quickly because there is a big difference in 50-over and 20-over cricket, and if you back yourself, you will do well.