"And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure"
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The subtext is meritocratic and managerial: crisis separates amateurs from professionals, and he is signaling familiarity with the moment when stakes spike and mistakes multiply. It's also a subtle rebuke to emotional politics. Under pressure, you do not grandstand; you execute. That sensibility tracks with Khan's public persona, forged first as a national sports icon and later as a leader who sells himself as incorruptible and resilient.
Context matters because Pakistan's public life is defined by high-stakes volatility: institutional push-and-pull, media storms, street mobilization, economic anxiety. In that ecosystem, "pressure" reads as a permanent climate, not an occasional test. The line works because it is modest on the surface and ambitious underneath: a simple lesson that quietly asserts readiness for consequence, and a moral standard that invites voters to judge rivals by how they behave when the match turns hostile.
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| Topic | Teamwork |
|---|---|
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Khan, Imran. (2026, January 15). And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/and-when-the-pressure-was-on-us-the-team-handled-168919/
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Khan, Imran. "And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/and-when-the-pressure-was-on-us-the-team-handled-168919/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"And when the pressure was on us, the team handled it very well. One has to learn to play well under pressure." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/and-when-the-pressure-was-on-us-the-team-handled-168919/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.



