And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure.
Imran Khan Quotes
Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.
Similar Quotes
Cricket is the greatest game that the wit of man has yet devised.
- Sir Pelham WarnerAdvertising is selling Twinkies to adults.
- Donald R. VanceThe struggle of the male to learn to listen to and respect his own intuitive, inner prompt...
- Herb GoldbergEach generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the ...
- Francis SchaefferEach had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had don...
- Ernst TollerComments on: "Imran Khan Quotes: Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another..."
Birth: | 1952 |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Profession: | Cricketer, Philanthropist, Politician |
Imran Khan was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. He is a Pakistani politician, former cricketer and philanthropist who leads the Pakistan Movement of Justice and serves as a member of the National Assembly. He educated at Aitchison, Worcester and later at the Keble College, Oxford. He started playing cricket at the age of 13. After graduating from Oxford, he joined Pakistan's national cricket team in 1976, and played until 1992. He also served as the team's captain intermittently throughout 1982–1992. He, notably, led Pakistan to victory at the 1992 Cricket World Cup. He was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2010. In 1991, he launched a fundraising campaign to set up a cancer hospital in memory of his mother. He raised $ 25 million to set up the first hospital in Lahore in 1994, and later in 2015 a second hospital in Peshawar. He served as the chancellor of Bradford University from 2005-2014.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 16th November
Births
- 1873 - William Christopher Handy
- 1970 - Martha Plimpton
- 1977 - Oksana Baiul
- 1922 - Jose Saramago
- 1896 - Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley
Deaths
- 1973 - Alan Wilson Watts
- 1961 - Sam Rayburn
- 1984 - Leonard Harry Rose
- 1603 - Pierre Charron
- 1975 - Wynn Bullock
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
About Quoteswave
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Share with your friends