Sports Quotes by John Higgins

It would be fantastic to have the two top-ranked players in the world playing out of the same club.

— John Higgins

Snooker has just been a British-based sport for such a long time and when I started at 18 the furthest you'd go would be London.

— John Higgins

It was fantastic when I came into snooker, when tobacco was throwing lots of money at it, and even when they fell away we…

— John Higgins

I didn't make a 147 until few years ago - I just wasn't the sort of player who went for them. But it's like…

— John Higgins

The only woman I have played in my career was my wife and I beat her easily! But she wasn't much good.

— John Higgins

I think $100 at the end of the year doesn't mean a lot to me, but $100 from everyone in the state at the…

— John Higgins

We've got to have a radical rethink of the way the sport is funded to help the young players develop.

— John Higgins

Snooker players go into steady decline and lose their intensity after a while. But I will have real purpose the next five years. I…

— John Higgins

I was worried when I returned that I might be booed or barracked. Nobody has waved fivers at me. I am touched by the…

— John Higgins

I grew up walking out with no music. I wish I had the bottle to dance on but I can't dance.

— John Higgins

People fell in love with Alex Higgins, a working-class fellow from the back streets of Belfast. That's what brought the game alive.

— John Higgins

With some other top players I'm part of a company trying to put on events in Europe, especially Germany, but also Poland, Austria, Russia.…

— John Higgins