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Judd Trump

(1989) Snooker Player

99 quotes in 266 categories

Judd Trump feels the weight of fans' expectations, knowing people want him to win every match. He says the sport needs controversy and exciting shots to draw new viewers and give the crowd a good show. He also mentions how criticism on social media can be demoralising, especially when people think he isn’t trying.

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Judd Trump is a snooker player.

Quick Facts About Judd Trump

Born: August 20, 1989
Profession: Snooker Player

About Judd Trump

English snooker player... | Judd Trump is an English professional snooker player who is a former world champion and the current world number one. He is in fourth place on the list of all-time ranking event winners, having won 31 ranking titles. He has won five Triple Crown events.

Quotes by Judd Trump

I love the game.

Football

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Being the favourite is a help.

Being

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I take no positives from losing.

Football

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I just want to enjoy myself and have fun.

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Maybe I could be the playboy of snooker.

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I play my best stuff when I am a little under the radar.

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Will I be sensible and pay off the mortgage? Not a chance.

Chance

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The only time I won't be playing is when I've got a hangover.

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People aren't allowed to be themselves in snooker.

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When you're not sleeping, you're not thinking straight.

Sleep

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I am trying to be a lot more careful - and to not miss easy balls.

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I am the sort of player who can rattle off frame after frame when I am on a roll.

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I know how much I put in and it does hurt when people say you are not trying.

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I really like my cars. The way I see it, if I work then I can treat myself to these presents.

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I started playing on a tiny table when I was 3 and then started playing properly when I was 10 or 11.

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I don't particularly want to be playing in front of five people again. The reason I practised so hard was to get…

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It would be nice to say I won seven world titles, yet I want a good life as well while I play.

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When people are sat quietly for 20-25 minutes per frame, they should be allowed to let their hair down at the end…

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Joe Perry is always a big hurdle, he's always there in the later stages of a tournament. You have to be playing…

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I used to be quite laid back and that. But obviously the more you're in the public eye, the more you've got…

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You have to forget what has gone before, get on with the game and focus on that. You cannot afford to be…

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I don't really think about missing. Whereas a lot of the other players are scared to miss, I think that if I…

Chance

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I don't feel people are that interested in snooker any more and the only thing that will get snooker back into the…

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Obviously I want to win all the big tournaments - I would hate to look back and not have won them. I…

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Other people try and tweak their techniques and that, but I've just been exactly the same all my life, and I'd never…

Change

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I visited a couple of schools where snooker is on the curriculum. They go in everyday and play snooker. In the future,…

Curriculum

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My eyesight had always been good but at school I went swimming one day and the chlorine affected me badly. I was…

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I always go to the Masters knowing I'm going to play well.

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I'm always practising because I enjoy it.

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Even when I do miss easy balls I feel I can come back.

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I feel I work as hard, if not harder, than anyone.

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If there are groupies out there, bring 'em on, the more the merrier.

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When you put your all in and people say 'he has given up,' that is hard to take.

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All the tournaments I enter I want to win, but especially in one of the biggest arenas we play in.

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I want to really prove that I'm up there with the best players in the world.

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I was getting sick of losing and watching other players winning all the titles on TV.

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I should have won more. Definitely. If I practised like Mark Selby I might have done twice as many.

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The crowd lifts you and spurs you on. And I don't get rattled - that's my strength, I think.

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I do like a night out every now and again, I like to let my hair down.

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I think being world number one and world champion, pressure comes with that.

Champion

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Judd Trump by topic

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