Stephen Hendry Quotes

If the World Seniors led to a place directly into the Crucible, then I would take it very seriously because to play there again would be incredible.
I'm not the player I was.
In all the years I've been playing, I've never considered changing my cue. It was the first cue I ever bought, aged 13, picked from a cabinet in a Dunfermline snooker centre just because I liked the Rex Williams signature on it. I saved £40 to buy it. It's a cheap bit of wood, and it's been the butt of other players' jokes for ages.
In any sport at the top level, if you don't put in the hard work, you can be sure someone else is. It is a vicious circle.
In around 2000, I became aware of a recurring problem of the 'tightness' around my cueing action, which somehow stops me believing that I can play the shot - even shots I could previously play with my eyes shut.
In both snooker and poker, you have to play your best under pressure; I was always able to do that. I don't think it is something you can teach. Your mental strength, your confidence, your self-belief has got to be very strong. That is the common denominator.
In Britain, we don't appreciate people who have been a major success in sport. It is grudgingly given to you.
In China, they appreciate someone who has worked hard. They say it is incredible to win seven world championships. I know it is, but it's a shame I have to go 10,000 miles to get the whole crowd behind me.
In snooker, it's very important to keep very still on the shot and allow the cue to do the work.
In the '90s, I never socialised with other players.
In the late '80s and early '90s, I took success for granted, winning four or five tournaments a year. I just expected to win them.
It is just down to confidence. When I haven't got any, I hate playing the game.
It is quite surreal when you go to places up the north, like Inner Mongolia, and you are getting mobbed at the airport.
It would break my heart to lose playing safe.
It's always been my weakness that my concentration tends to go when I get into scrappy frames.
It's easy to have a good attitude when you're flying, but you need it when you're up against it as well.
It's nice to have genuine appreciation for what you've achieved in the game. You don't often get it in Britain.
It's the worst feeling in the world - to lose in the first round at Sheffield and then have to go home - because it's such a long tournament, and it's hard to avoid it. It's on the TV all day every day, and if I lost, I didn't want to be anywhere near snooker.
Judd Trump loves playing against the top players.
Judd Trump's bedrock of his game is potting good long pots, getting in, creating a chance, and winning frames at one visit.
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