Criticism is natural; it's just that you have to deal with it positively and use it to improve.
I think most people thought that because I am quite reserved and private, I wouldn't make a good captain.
Cricket is a team game. No individual can just say he can win it on his own.
Every team goes through a lean patch.
Imran never lost faith in us as players, individually and as a team, and that gave us the confidence to win. He was a leader par excellence, and Pakistan have seen none like him.
The pressure of an India-Pakistan game is immense.
Being chief selector has been the most challenging role of my cricket career, as I was heavily criticised for my decisions, and I couldn't respond much.
I can't leave cricket. It is my passion.
As chief selector, I did my best to pick new talent and give them proper opportunities, as they are the future of Pakistan cricket.
It is not my domain to speak on pitches, but they play an important role in producing quality players in every format.
Once you start feeling the pressure, you start to struggle. That is the beauty of Indo-Pak cricket contests.
Regardless of where we play, we should play India on regular basis.
Throughout my career, we beat India in many matches, but for some reason, we never managed to get the better of them in World Cup matches, and it remains a disappointment for me.
The pressures of playing in the World Cup are different, but it was because we coped with them in 1992 under Imran Khan's guidance and influence that we won the Cup.
I don't have a magic wand, and there is a lot we need to do right in Pakistan cricket to build a strong team.
I have told the PCB that I want total independence to work with a free mind and pick the best players, and they have assured me it will be done.
I have one regret that whenever I look at the list of world's leading scorers, I don't see any Pakistani who has scored 10,000 Test runs; even I couldn't do it ,nor Muhammad Yousuf.
I think fitness and performance levels are the right indicators to determine if it's the time to leave the scene.
What I intend to do is to launch a batting academy. I have been a batsman throughout my life, and I can't open a bowling academy after all!
I am happy and satisfied at the end of my career, but not much. Yes, I would have loved to leave the stage in a better way.
