I have always been an attacking bowler, but I am trying my best to learn every day.
Imran Tahir
If I want to hide myself from my limitations, then I don't want to play this game.
I am an attacking bowler, but I can change my plan and go however the team wants me to go.
I always come on the ground with a smile on the face, but inside, I'm always ready to fight and try to give as much as I can.
According to me, a leg-spinner is such a character who, on his day, can win the match for you if he is bowling well and has the support of the captain and the coach.
I don't want to just keep playing for the sake of playing. The day I realise I'm not good enough, I'll go. I want to play as long as I can - not just to make up the numbers but to play with utmost passion.
I've been working really hard on my fitness.
I have bowled with another leg-spinner in county cricket - Shahid Afridi. But he is a totally different bowler than Mishra. I have a lot of respect for Mishra.
Thanks to technology, you can sit and see the opposition's mistakes and try to learn from them.
The start of the English county season - from April to mid-May when it's cold - is the same as South Africa because it seams and swings. After that, the ball starts spinning nicely, and that's when I get my wickets.
My job, if someone picks me, is to come and perform. That's what we do for a living.
The wickets in England are very helpful to me.
Abdul Qadir was my main role model. I just wanted to be like him because, for me, he was only guy who no one could read. He was that good. His passion, his love for legspin, was unique. He would create new things all the time: flippers, sliders, three to four kinds of googlies, legspinners, topspinners.
I lost my parents, which is the toughest thing to overcome.
For me, what is important is, as a legspinner, you need determination, especially in modern-day cricket. You need to feel that you can change a game.
You have to just adjust to the conditions quickly because there is a big difference in 50-over and 20-over cricket, and if you back yourself, you will do well.
There are not too many leg-spinners in the world, and if you look closely, Mishra bhai will stand out as one of the best.
I don't bowl for personal numbers.
It's always tough for a spinner to bowl against India.
It's every cricketer's dream to play in the World Cup.
I lost my parents without them seeing me play international cricket.
People think of me as well-travelled, but I had not been out of Pakistan until I was picked in the Under-19 squad in 1997. The flight went from Lahore to Karachi and then from Karachi to South Africa. It was my first time on a plane and my first trip overseas.
Its strong management that makes players feel comfortable.
My wife and kid always support me.
In T20, batsmen are always going after you, so a good policy is to bowl five-six dot balls in your first two-three overs so that pressure builds on the batsman, and he plays riskier shots.
Losses are always hard to swallow, and every sportsperson has the same feeling.
Hampshire were the club who gave me my first chance, so I owe them a lot.
It's always nice to be in England - I love it here.
Whenever I have time, I do my fitness. I go running on my own on Sundays or on Eid. I'd rather gym every day than go watch movies.
My biggest ambition, ever since I was a boy in Pakistan, has been to play cricket at the highest level. If I can do so for South Africa, I'll give everything.
I always dreamt that, but I never thought I will be here one day playing my 100th game for South Africa. It's an absolute honour and privilege, being given the opportunity by the lovely people from South Africa.
I love to help kids, especially spinners, in South Africa. You won't see many guys bowling legspin, so I want to try to see if I can develop another Imran Tahir.
It's always beneficial taking advice from Dhoni.
Playing for CSK, one of the best franchises in the world, I've to show people how much I love and respect this team.
I don't want to retire - I love the game and have a lot of respect and passion for the game.
Playing with MSD, getting his advice and learning a lot from him, and I am really, really happy to be part of CSK.
I have always wanted to play in the World Cup.
I think I have the ability and can play a role in T20 cricket for South Africa.
I don't take anything for granted.
Whenever I am playing, I try to contribute to my team.
I think I feel good as a South African player that people say that we always get into semifinal and lose... this is one of the biggest achievements to get into semifinal. Not many teams do that. For me, it's a real achievement.
Leg spinners can change the game.
The off spinner's job is to contain; for me, leg spinners need to have a bigger heart than anyone else because it is easy to blame them.
In professional cricket, everybody wants to win.
I am enjoying the experience of working with Mishra. For me, he is a world-class spinner.
I've played all over the world. I've played in England, South Africa, Pakistan.
One needs to have variations. You won't survive if you don't have one - especially playing in India, as they are good players of spin.
Legspinners are exciting characters.
The googly and the slider are my favourite type of deliveries, and I love it when batsmen try to cut or sweep me and, while attempting those strokes, get lbw or clean bowled.
My wife is a beautician, but the first time I did something to my hair was not through her.
