“My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation.”

“Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us.”

“Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.”

“Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.”

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'”

“When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.”

“I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.”

“Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large.”

“Old age is just a record of one's whole life.”

“We have one life it soon will be past what we do for God is all that will last.”

“Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.”

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'”

“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”

“I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.”

“A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.”

“I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.”

“It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.”