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
You are never going to get snooker on to the front pages because there is not enough money in the game here. — Judd Trump Copy Share Image
First thing about snooker, find a cue you're happy with. Then stick with it. — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
Great Britain have won 40% of their medals in cycling. If only there was snooker, darts and a dog show. — Jim Lampley Copy Share Image
Hopefully I get to the point where I get paid to party and can give up snooker. — Judd Trump Copy Share Image
The way I play will change things, there will be a lot more attacking snooker in the future. — Judd Trump Copy Share Image
Obviously, like Wembley is synonymous with tennis, snooker is synonymous with Sheffield. — Richard Caborn Copy Share Image
Anyone thinking me treating myself affects my snooker doesn't know what they're talking about. — Judd Trump Copy Share Image
My dad's method in his madness was to try every sport and then observe what I liked. I played football, tennis, golf,… — Ronnie O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Games as spectator sport - if snooker warrants televising, I fail to see why Super Monkey Ball or Ikaruga does not. Apparently” — James Newman Copy Share Image
40 seems to be the new 25 in snooker so there is no rush, but I would like to start hitting the… — Kurt Maflin Copy Share Image
It was fantastic when I came into snooker, when tobacco was throwing lots of money at it, and even when they fell… — John Higgins Copy Share Image
Fred Davis, the doyen of snooker, now 67 years of age and too old to get his leg over, prefers to use… — Ted Lowe 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… — John Virgo Copy Share Image
Snooker players go into steady decline and lose their intensity after a while. But I will have real purpose the next five… — John Higgins Copy Share Image
It wasn't the best move to move here as far as snooker's concerned. But everything else, living in Norway is beautiful, my… — Kurt Maflin Copy Share Image
In both snooker and poker, you have to play your best under pressure; I was always able to do that. I don't… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
In America everyone plays bang ball, eight ball, nine ball, that kind of stupid crap, but in Canada and Europe they play… — Daniel Negreanu Copy Share Image
My favourite pub game is, of course, snooker. Any game whose rules basically amount to finding a table covered in mess and… — Jon Richardson 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
At twenty life was like wrestling an octopus. Every moment mattered. At thirty it was a walk in the country. Most of… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
In all the years I've been playing, I've never considered changing my cue. It was the first cue I ever bought, aged… — Stephen Hendry 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
Snooker's got bigger over the last ten years, but obviously it's still on a really small scale. — Kurt Maflin Copy Share Image
I would love to bring it up-to-date and get some more people interested in snooker. — Judd Trump Copy Share Image
Snooker's just a hobby of mine, something I do to keep myself occupied in the afternoons. — Rob Burrow Copy Share Image
I visited a couple of schools where snooker is on the curriculum. They go in everyday and play snooker. In the future,… — Judd Trump 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
When I started playing all the players were trying to sell the game of snooker. Nowadays the prize money is so great,… — John Virgo Copy Share Image
The most important thing, the biggest love of my life, is my snooker. I've never been so emotionally ingrained in something -… — Ronnie O'Sullivan 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
Snooker has taken such a step down I am not sure it will recover unless five Ronnie O'Sullivans come along at the… — Judd Trump 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
I got into poker in the early 2000s. In snooker tournaments, you are always looking for things to pass the time between… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
I've just got the mindset of really wanting to open the game up to new people. I kind of want to create… — Judd Trump Copy Share Image
Growing up, you play and watch everything, right? Gaelic football, hurling, soccer. Tennis - Wimbledon! When the World Snooker Championship was on,… — Shane Lowry Copy Share Image
If you are a single guy and work in a normal job you can get around it. But you can't win professional… — Neil Robertson Copy Share Image
I just love playing snooker. Every single frame is different. Not one referee ever sets the balls up exactly the same. — Alex Higgins Copy Share Image
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… — Ronnie O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
You cannot underestimate the body blow for a snooker player of having your cue broken. After all, it's an extension to your… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
