Balls Quote by Alex Higgins

“I just love playing snooker. Every single frame is different. Not one referee ever sets the balls up exactly the same.”

Alex Higgins

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I'm quite a studious person, I think.

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I think I was the most natural, charismatic player who ever lifted a cue.

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I think my presence around the table was mesmerising at times. It captured people.

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I'm very good when it comes to the crunch.

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No Alex Higgins, no snooker.

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When I was 15, I was about seven stone - the average weight for a kid of 11 in them days was about nine…

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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.

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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.

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I never had any doubts about my ability. The problem was getting into so many scrapes because of my erratic temperament.

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I always played on my nerves - on the edge.

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I used to play snooker in millionaires' mansions with marble floors and eat at the best places, but that's all over now.

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