As long as I have ambition, maybe I can achieve something for my country.

Life must continue, even with the security situation so bad, because I have ambitions. I love this sport too much.

Sports can unify the Iraqi people - no Sunnis, no Shiites, just sport for the country.

If I leave this sport, I think life will stop.

As long as I can remember, I was drawing or trying to create something.

They should reconsider and reexamine what they are doing, ... They should not be misled again into believing they can achieve by military aggression what they were unable to achieve by their means of malice, trickery and deception.