Mickey Arthur

There's pressure on each and every game.

— Mickey Arthur

Some players listen with one ear only.

— Mickey Arthur

Cricket is 24/7 for me.

— Mickey Arthur

Good teams are built on good values.

— Mickey Arthur

I am a big fan of the five-bowler strategy.

— Mickey Arthur

Australia always play their cricket really hard.

— Mickey Arthur

One of the things you get caught up as a coach is thinking short-term.

— Mickey Arthur

The way you get wickets is, you've got to build pressure.

— Mickey Arthur

I've always tried to grow people rather than cricketers.

— Mickey Arthur

Fielding is about attitude and wanting to get out there and get it done.

— Mickey Arthur

I have never seen or heard anything to do with match-fixing in my time.

— Mickey Arthur

Unpredictable - that's a word that us as coaching staff hate.

— Mickey Arthur

I love the time I spend in Lahore and learn more about the culture every day.

— Mickey Arthur

It's runs for batsmen which is the criteria for selection and similarly, it is wickets for bowlers which are important.

— Mickey Arthur

Gone are the days of just containing through the middle, gone are the days of just soaking up pressure. You've got to…

— Mickey Arthur

I'd always felt the Australian cricketers' behaviour had been appalling. Tampering the ball too constitutes poor behaviour.

— Mickey Arthur

What you know is what you know, both culturally and practically, and you use it to the greatest effect you can.

— Mickey Arthur

To be able to close off a run chase or finish off when you are setting a target is a real skill.

— Mickey Arthur

Having coached in South Africa, you don't really work with wrist-spinners - you work with serviceable finger-spinners.

— Mickey Arthur

I'll never forget Cricket Australia telling me I was too soft and I'd been too soft with the team... I kind of…

— Mickey Arthur

I love coaching internationally because I can develop people, but it's hard to do that in the T20 environment.

— Mickey Arthur

For Pakistan cricket to stay relevant and strong, the best players have to be available all the time - it's a challenge…

— Mickey Arthur

When I lost the job with Cricket Australia, I almost felt I had unfinished business to do. I felt that my reputation…

— Mickey Arthur

We are trying to create a culture of excellence. To create that culture has been tough. It hasn't been there in Pakistan…

— Mickey Arthur

I never wanted to launch legal action, but Cricket Australia simply left me no option. James Sutherland himself said that, to an…

— Mickey Arthur

Sometimes I look at myself and think: have I been too hard in terms of pushing and challenging the players? But I…

— Mickey Arthur

I had a meeting with Umar Akmal and discussed exactly where I thought he was. We are looking at the skillset that…

— Mickey Arthur

It happens so quick. You lose a game; you lose another game; it's a World Cup; media scrutiny; public expectation, and then…

— Mickey Arthur

I think Pakistan was always a destination where it was hard to come and win. I was the coach of the South…

— Mickey Arthur

Make no mistake, I'm a huge admirer of Faheem Ashraf, and I said so in England.

— Mickey Arthur

When you win, that's what you're expected to do and when you lose, people get on your back.

— Mickey Arthur

I have never tried to hide my ambition to work in county cricket one day.

— Mickey Arthur

There is a distinction between total control and enjoying total freedom.

— Mickey Arthur

You ask the guys in the dressing room, I am a very bad loser.

— Mickey Arthur

I have to say that I have developed a real passion for Pakistan cricket.

— Mickey Arthur

Every time we play for Pakistan, we are playing to win.

— Mickey Arthur

If you can't field you can't play for Pakistan. It's as simple as that.

— Mickey Arthur

I like to think that every player who gets left out comes back with point to prove.

— Mickey Arthur

I did my wholehearted effort to lift Pakistan cricket.

— Mickey Arthur

Coaching England is a huge job, and no ambitious coach would rule himself out completely.

— Mickey Arthur