I might have been a jockey, you know. I started by riding horses bareback and holding on to the mane before they finally threw me off. — Alex Higgins Copy Share Image
I don't want my kids to live like I do, sweating in a little metal box. I want them to have sunshine. I want… — Alex Higgins Copy Share Image
I think I was the most natural, charismatic player who ever lifted a cue. — Alex Higgins Copy Share Image
I think my presence around the table was mesmerising at times. It captured people. — Alex Higgins Copy Share Image
When I was 15, I was about seven stone - the average weight for a kid of 11 in them days was about nine… — Alex Higgins Copy Share Image
I want to be the Cassius Clay of snooker. Cassius is the greatest at boxing and that's what I mean to be at snooker. — Alex Higgins Copy Share Image
If I'd been from a different background, I could have gone to a grammar school, I suppose. I might have been a different person. — Alex Higgins Copy Share Image
I never had any doubts about my ability. The problem was getting into so many scrapes because of my erratic temperament. — Alex Higgins Copy Share Image
I used to play snooker in millionaires' mansions with marble floors and eat at the best places, but that's all over now. — Alex Higgins Copy Share Image
