100 Quotes by Imran Tahir

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

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

One needs to have variations. You won't survive if you don't have one - especially playing in India, as they are good players of spin.

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.

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.

Legspinners are exciting characters.

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.

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.

Abdul Qadir was my main role model. I just wanted to be like him because, for me, he was only guy who no one could read. He was that good. His passion, his love for legspin, was unique. He would create new things all the time: flippers, sliders, three to four kinds of googlies, legspinners, topspinners.