I did my wholehearted effort to lift Pakistan cricket.
When you are getting to No. 1 you're always chasing a dream. And then when you're there your focus changes because the expectation to defend that title is massive.
When you win, that's what you're expected to do and when you lose, people get on your back.
I do bring an intimate knowledge of the South African team. I know the little idiosyncrasies of each of them.
Fitness is amplified in one-day cricket - fielding, running ones, twos, threes. Sometimes in an over you are running six twos. If you are not fit enough, you can't run those runs.
I get disappointed when players arrive and are not at peak condition. Ultimately that is the reflection of the set-up I run. Ultimately that is the reflection of me and my support staff.
I am so passionate about Pakistan cricket that I would never ever put myself in a position where there will be a conflict of interest.
You ask the guys in the dressing room, I am a very bad loser.
I've always tried to grow people rather than cricketers.
Technically your best player should be batting at No. 3.
I was telling somebody the other day that I have had five semi-finals with South Africa and never got to a final. I got to one final with Pakistan and eventually got a medal!
I don't think you've ever coached till you've coached an Asian team.
When you are coaching an international team, you are running a programme for 12 months of the year. You get to influence peoples' careers.
I love coaching internationally because I can develop people, but it's hard to do that in the T20 environment.
I have never tried to hide my ambition to work in county cricket one day.
What I saw is Australia is very much an 'old boys' club. A lot of the ex-players carry a huge amount of weight and what they say, a lot goes, and that was the disappointing thing.
There's pressure on each and every game.
When you get into Indian top-order, you can wreak havoc. It's paramount to rattle the Indian top-order, otherwise, they can hurt you.
I have always said we are going to play well and we going to play badly. And I have not got issues when people criticise as long as we don't play well. That's part and parcel of the game. I love it and that's how it should be.
I was not sceptical coming to Pakistan. I took the job because I was really excited about it.
