There's no point, me turning up at the world championship as a publicity stunt and then lose 10-3 to someone who shouldn't… — Stephen Hendry Championship Copy Share Image
Ronnie O'Sullivan is the only player in history to be dominant and popular at the same time. — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
In snooker, it's very important to keep very still on the shot and allow the cue to do the work. — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
I still enjoy a wee game of poker now and then, but I'm not very good, and being Scottish, I don't like… — Stephen Hendry Football Copy Share Image
I enjoy commentating on the big tournaments for the BBC, the occasional exhibition match, and my business interests. — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
If I have regrets, it's around my sons. There is no doubt they were affected by the divorce - Carter more than… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
When I was playing Jimmy White in those finals, I could tell when he was under pressure. — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
I always loved playing in front of big audiences; now I'm jittery if one person is in the room watching me. — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
I have always really loved clothes, although I am glad to say that my tastes have mellowed somewhat over the years. When… — Stephen Hendry Clothes Copy Share Image
When I didn't retain the world title after my first win, which no one's ever done, I was gutted and made my… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
Financially speaking, I haven't ended my career in the best shape, and there are debts, as well as what is to come… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
Even though I say to myself that I was seven-times World Champion, the voice in my head says, 'You can't play this… — Stephen Hendry Champion Copy Share Image
Even as a boy, my dad always told me, 'Don't show emotion.' If I banged my cue, he would give me a… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
When I started, there was never a great history of people doing well in snooker from Scotland. By chance, I got a… — Stephen Hendry Chance Copy Share Image
My favourite store is All Saints. Having spent years dressed in a dinner suit and a bow tie as a professional player,… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
I would never be one to go striding over to any woman who caught my eye - after all, I'm the person… — Stephen Hendry Courage Copy Share Image
I obviously know how good I was, and people refer to the modern game being tougher. — Stephen Hendry Being Copy Share Image
The best way to deal with aggression is to ignore it and try to get the match over as soon as possible. — Stephen Hendry Aggression Copy Share Image
Since he was born, Mandy and I have hoped to give Blaine a brother or sister. — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
The worst loss in my career - the 2002 World Championship final against Peter Ebdon. — Stephen Hendry Career Copy Share Image
If I'm going to play, I'm going to have to give it 100%, which means I'm going to have to play in… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
In the late '80s and early '90s, I took success for granted, winning four or five tournaments a year. I just expected… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
There are some people who never get used to losing at anything, and I am probably one of them. — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
It's nice to have genuine appreciation for what you've achieved in the game. You don't often get it in Britain. — Stephen Hendry Appreciation Copy Share Image
I could have had eight or nine world titles at least, and you do think about that at times. — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
It's always been my weakness that my concentration tends to go when I get into scrappy frames. — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
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 Age Copy Share Image
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 Confidence Copy Share Image
Larry David, he's my hero. I want to be him - I want to act like him - everything. — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a kid, I'd imagine that I was making a break to win the world championship. — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
It is just down to confidence. When I haven't got any, I hate playing the game. — Stephen Hendry Confidence Copy Share Image
The most I ever played was 12 or 13 tournaments. Now they're talking about almost 20, and it's all year round, playing… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
I love playing in China. The crowds here value success more than British people seem to. — Stephen Hendry British Copy Share Image
The thing is, with century breaks, maximums, ranking tournaments, these sorts of things are automatically going to be broken: it's not if… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
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 Attitude Copy Share Image
I grew up Dalgety Bay, in the Kingdom of Fife, in a 1970s bungalow. We moved there when I was nine and… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
People often write to me, addressing the envelope, 'Stephen Hendry, Snooker Player' or 'Stephen Hendry, Scotland,' and it reaches me. — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
When I was 13, my parents bought me a mini snooker set for my birthday. From the moment I first held a… — Stephen Hendry Birthday Copy Share Image
It is quite surreal when you go to places up the north, like Inner Mongolia, and you are getting mobbed at the… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
If the World Seniors led to a place directly into the Crucible, then I would take it very seriously because to play… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
