Stephen Hendry

When you have a big lead, you relax and don't concentrate as much.

— Stephen Hendry

I always loved playing in front of big audiences; now I'm jittery if one person is in the room watching me.

— Stephen Hendry

When I'm practising on my own, my game feels great, but there's a big difference between practising on your own and playing…

— Stephen Hendry

Ever since I was a kid, I'd imagine that I was making a break to win the world championship.

— Stephen Hendry

Maybe I wish I could be out there on the big occasions playing like I did at my peak, but I certainly…

— Stephen Hendry

I like cookery programmes: Anthony Bourdain going around the world eating stuff; Rick Stein - he's another favourite.

— Stephen Hendry

The memories for the missed opportunities are stronger than for the ones I managed to get over the line in.

— Stephen Hendry

When you get a trophy, why go jumping and crying? Winning's a great feeling, but everything else is an anti-climax.

— Stephen Hendry

I remember far more shots that cost me matches than the ones that won me matches. That is maybe the way you…

— Stephen Hendry

There are some people who never get used to losing at anything, and I am probably one of them.

— Stephen Hendry

It is quite surreal when you go to places up the north, like Inner Mongolia, and you are getting mobbed at the…

— Stephen Hendry

I put on the tuxedo, and it's like putting on overalls - they're my work clothes. Then I go to work. I'm…

— Stephen Hendry

In any sport at the top level, if you don't put in the hard work, you can be sure someone else is.…

— Stephen Hendry

It is just down to confidence. When I haven't got any, I hate playing the game.

— Stephen Hendry

I find it very difficult when, due to a lack of confidence, I don't produce and lose matches I could have won.

— Stephen Hendry

I liked Dalgety Bay, but my life did not revolve around the house. I was a teenager there, and these things aren't…

— Stephen Hendry

In the '90s, I never socialised with other players.

— Stephen Hendry

For me, winning was 'job done.' I would practise the day after.

— Stephen Hendry

When you're young and you first come onto the scene, you're fearless. You just go for your shots and don't really think…

— Stephen Hendry

It's always been my weakness that my concentration tends to go when I get into scrappy frames.

— Stephen Hendry

It's easy to have a good attitude when you're flying, but you need it when you're up against it as well.

— Stephen Hendry

Larry David, he's my hero. I want to be him - I want to act like him - everything.

— Stephen Hendry

When I was 13, my parents bought me a mini snooker set for my birthday. From the moment I first held a…

— Stephen Hendry

I obviously know how good I was, and people refer to the modern game being tougher.

— Stephen Hendry

Did I have a mis-spent youth? I suppose I did in that I left school early without any qualifications, having bunked off…

— Stephen Hendry