Ronnie O'Sullivan quotes
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“Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.”
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“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]”
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“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.”
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“Running clears my mind, and gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning.”
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“The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back.”
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“I thought 'How can I stop playing or give myself an excuse to stop playing? So I snapped my cue on Friday. It was quite fun doing it. It's gone.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“At this moment I am feeling disappointed with myself and I am hurt and numb...”
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“I know what I want to do and there's no point giving my secrets away.”
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“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.”
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“My hearts not been in it this year [2005], and I've not been playing well, but I keep on winning.”
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“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.”
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“It's not an irrational decision, I've been thinking about this for quite a while and maybe it'll be good for me [on his career break”
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“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.”
-- Ronnie O'Sullivan