Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan, OBE is an English professional snooker and pool player. He is widely regarded as the greatest player in the sport's modern era. He is noted for his rapid playing style, mercurial temperament and his ambivalent relationship with the sport, from which he has taken prolonged sabbaticals and repeatedly threatened to retire...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSnooker Player
Date of Birth5 December 1975
CityWordsley, England
ingrained life love
The most important thing, the biggest love of my life, is my snooker. I've never been so emotionally ingrained in something - in a person, an object, anything - as I have in snooker.
should-have games annoyed
Today I got so annoyed with myself that I lost my patience and walked away from a game that, with hindsight, I should have continued [on quitting a game early on against Hendry]
love-of-my-life important life-is
The most important thing, the biggest love of my life, is my snooker. Ive never been so emotionally ingrained in something - in a person, an object, anything - as I have in snooker.
heart winning years
My hearts not been in it this year [2005], and I've not been playing well, but I keep on winning.
perfection way snooker
Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.
sports football dad
My dad's method in his madness was to try every sport and then observe what I liked. I played football, tennis, golf, cricket but I loved my snooker.
running morning giving
Running clears my mind, and gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning.
years perfection problem
The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back.
thinking play nightmare
I don't think I suffered with depression, I don't think I'm a depressed type of person - I just think I suffered a depression to do with snooker, and I just couldn't handle it. I could go out and play, but take me out of there and I couldn't do life. It was a nightmare, my life just felt like a bit of a nightmare.
successful player thinking
I've been semi-successful. I've done all right but I'm not the player I was. Who do I think will win the world championship? John Higgins. Have I been good for snooker? I don't know.
stupid hate thinking
People think I don't like interviews but I don't mind speaking about proper and interesting stuff. When it's stupid stuff to build your image and you are told to mention this and mention that, I hate it.
self done negative
I do entertain a lot of negative thoughts and I haven't got any self-belief. But I haven't done bad for someone without any self-belief.