The people in China love their snooker. We get a fantastic reception when we go over there. — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
Because I could do things on the snooker table that no other player could do, I just had this sort of self-destruct… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
I could be in Spain, spending my time playing bad golf; financially I don't need to play snooker. I play because I… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
Believe me, I feel the same way now about snooker as I did when I was 13. — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
First thing about snooker, find a cue you're happy with. Then stick with it. — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
I was mad-keen on poker as a kid. It was like the snooker, pulling me into that same smokey atmosphere I loved. — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
I mean what's the point of them becoming professional snooker players? If there's not much money in the game, if there's no… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
It is like any sport. You practise thousands of times and you miss the simplest ball and you don't understand why. But… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
Golf and snooker are similar. They are ball games that you don't have to be super fit for. It's not like boxing… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
Northern Ireland as a whole is a great snooker country because of Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor and now of course there… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
That's the hardest part of the game. You've got to stay focused. With golf, make a mistake and you get another shot… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
I love Belfast, because of the way that people here love their snooker. And I won my first professional tournament here in… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
Snooker's only popular in China now. Well China's OK to go to once or twice a year but to go and play… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
Ronnie O'Sullivan, the greatest snooker player ever, will tell you that he doesn't practise. I'm not having that. I call him Roger,… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
Ronnie is the greatest player to have ever picked up a snooker cue. People have said that about me. But although I… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
That period in the late Eighties and early Nineties was when I was playing my best snooker. My trouble was that I… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
I love playing in Ireland and I've had great support here, like I get everywhere. — Jimmy White Copy Share
In the past it sometimes took me two or three rounds to get the adrenaline rush. — Jimmy White Copy Share
Ronnie is a very clever winner. He will make sure that he does everything in his power to win the tournament. He is super-fit. — Jimmy White Copy Share
I was a big fan of Naseem Hamed, and followed him. Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and I know him well. — Jimmy White Copy Share
Golf and snooker are similar. They are ball games that you don't have to be super fit for. It's not like boxing or football… — Jimmy White Copy Share
Snooker's only popular in China now. Well China's OK to go to once or twice a year but to go and play six or… — Jimmy White Copy Share
Northern Ireland as a whole is a great snooker country because of Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor and now of course there is Mark… — Jimmy White Copy Share
If I didn't think I could win the World Championship I would go and play golf badly in Spain. — Jimmy White Copy Share
In a way, sometimes I was quite pleased when I got beat, 'cos then I could do my antics. — Jimmy White Copy Share
I have only prepared properly for the World Championship three or four times in my life. If I had gone about it professionally I… — Jimmy White Copy Share
