I wanted to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. But I could not.
When I look back and think about it, I feel my career was fairly good but, certainly, not tremendous.
Critics tend to praise as well as crucify you.
Even a good batsman requires a year or so in test cricket to settle down and play long innings.
Once you reach the knockout stage of a World Cup, the team that holds its nerves wins.
How well a team executes its plans is important, but I think keeping nerves under pressure is far more important in the knockout stage.
Frankly speaking, the pleasure and satisfaction you get after performing against India you don't get against any team, and if you ask the Indian players, they would have similar sentiments.
If someone drops a catch, and I get angry, will that catch come back to us? It won't. Therefore, it is better to be cool, because that helps in better performance.
If people remember me as one who contributed to Pakistan's cricket, I will feel good. If people say good things, it makes me feel happy.
I control my anger.
Any team can't give top performance all year round.
I am a great admirer of Yuvraj and Kaif. They have generally been able to pick up the scoring when they come to bat at numbers six and seven. They also are livewires in the field.
I'm ready to accept the pressures of captaincy.
I am not a big supporter of sledging or insults that are hurled at you. But I don't mind if a bowler glares or stares at the batsmen. During my career, I have faced these situations numerous times.
Off the field, both India and Pakistan enjoy a healthy relationship, and that's the way it should be - friends off the field and fierce competitors on it.
Even after defeating India, I still have the highest respect for them as opponents.
In 2004, we were in a rebuilding phase after the disastrous 2003 World Cup campaign, and the batsmen, in particular, did not know where they would bat or what was their role. For example, in the one-dayers, we were playing Shahid Afridi on top of the order, but we didn't consider him for the Tests.
I have never forced anyone to offer prayers in the team or to keep a beard.
If someone says to me, 'You are a cheat, and Pakistan is doing wrong things,' my first priority is to my country.
It is imperative that Afghanistan cricket does well. You cannot imagine how passionate Afghanistan's fans are and how they live and die by every result.
