Quotes of the Day

Pakistani batsman Zulqarnain Haider plays a shot during the first day-night international match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Abu Dhabi cricket Stadium on October 29, 2010
Tuesday, Nov. 09, 2010

Open quoteMy country is like a mother, and anyone who sells it cannot get anything in life. I did not want to sell my mother. I did what I thought was better.Close quote

  • ZULQARNAIN HAIDER,
  • a Pakistani cricket player who fled from Dubai to London because of the death threats he says he received for refusing to fix two games
Photo: AAMIR QURESHI /AFP / Getty Images | Source: The Guardian