When I started playing all the players were trying to sell the game of snooker. Nowadays the prize money is so great, competing in tournaments is no laughing matter. — John Virgo Copy Share Image
In 1983, I played in a new tournament called the Professional Snooker League. I won eight of my 11 matches, beating Alex Higgins, Jimmy White and Dennis Taylor, among others. — John Virgo Copy Share Image
You can't be giggling and joking when you miss a shot in the modern game - not like the way when Ray Reardon used… — John Virgo Copy Share Image
Cricket had John Arlott, Wimbledon had Dan Maskell, we had Ted Lowe. He was great. — John Virgo Copy Share Image
When I started playing all the players were trying to sell the game of snooker. Nowadays the prize money is so great, competing in… — John Virgo Copy Share Image
I was born in March 1946, almost exactly 10 months after V-E Day, so I imagine my parents got carried away when peace was declared. — John Virgo Copy Share Image
It's a different world now and as we see with footballers and everybody else, and the fall from grace of any sportsman, it's a… — John Virgo Copy Share Image
When the results weren't coming on the snooker table, I tried to supplement things by gambling on horses even more. — John Virgo Copy Share Image
I grew up on a street that's similar to the ones you used to see in Coronation Street on TV. We had an outside… — John Virgo Copy Share Image
The game really started in 1969 with Pot Black, but in 1970, along came Alex Higgins and the game took off. — John Virgo Copy Share Image
I get the 'Daily Mirror,' purely and simply because they put the Racing Post prices in. — John Virgo Copy Share Image
I have never invested directly in stocks and shares. That's never been my type of speculation. — John Virgo Copy Share Image
The worst time was in 1985 when house prices crashed and interest rates went up to 14 percent. I was not winning on the… — John Virgo Copy Share Image
Particularly now with social media, you only need to turn round and someone will have a camera in your face and occasionally someone will… — John Virgo Copy Share Image
I remember that if you went down to the Crucible or other snooker tournaments it was all the snooker writers, and then all of… — John Virgo Copy Share Image
