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“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.”

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

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

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We've all got to get away from this idea that the big money's still around.

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