"I am a cricketer but can I save a life? A doctor can. But no-one claps for the best doctor in the country. Create myt…"

"I do not see myself as so cheap (low) that I would judge myself on a trophy. I do not play cricket for a trophy. A tr…"

"I say, those who cry ‘patriotism, patriotism’ around cricket, if all of them for one day did not drop banana skin on …"

"I never planned ahead for anything in my life -- not for my exams, not when I had to buy clothes for an occasion -- I…"

"What do we do? If I say it very bluntly – we take money, we perform. Like a singer or an actor, we do performing art.…"

"If I do not perform, then I have to move away. If you come to play for the country, then you have to be responsible w…"

"If I could play 100 more matches with my 200 wickets, then I could have been a more important bowler. Perhaps everyon…"

"Mashrafe is ‘a piece of diamond’. People all over the world admire him. I know he will do well both in the cricket fi…"

"When you look at Bangladesh, Mashrafe is a fine captain. He leads by example. He is a warrior-like captain and all th…"

"Let me shatter some illusions today. We are entertainers. We are not heroes. The heroes are our freedom fighters. We …"