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People have been to jail when they're innocent. I knew I would never miss a single ball on a snooker table on purpose and, until then, I was sure... →
It was fantastic when I came into snooker, when tobacco was throwing lots of money at it, and even when they fell away we thought others would come... →
People fell in love with Alex Higgins, a working-class fellow from the back streets of Belfast. That's what brought the game alive.
With some other top players I'm part of a company trying to put on events in Europe, especially Germany, but also Poland, Austria, Russia.... →
A lot of nasty and untrue things have been said about me.
I grew up walking out with no music. I wish I had the bottle to dance on but I can't dance.
I'd rather win than be a showman.
It would be fantastic to have the two top-ranked players in the world playing out of the same club.
Snooker has just been a British-based sport for such a long time and when I started at 18 the furthest you'd go would be London.
We've all got to get away from this idea that the big money's still around.
We've got to have a radical rethink of the way the sport is funded to help the young players develop.
I didn't make a 147 until few years ago - I just wasn't the sort of player who went for them. But it's like buses I suppose, one comes... →
I think $100 at the end of the year doesn't mean a lot to me, but $100 from everyone in the state at the end of the year could mean lots of... →