By the age of 14, I had stopped doing homework and stopped studying – as soon as I had any spare time, I was up to the local snooker club. I was fortunate my parents never forced me to stop playing snooker and told me to carry on at school. Nowadays, that probably isn’t the best advice. I basically had nothing else to fall back on. Stephen Hendry Read Quote
Judd Trump’s bedrock of his game is potting good long pots, getting in, creating a chance, and winning frames at one visit. Stephen Hendry Read Quote
The worst loss in my career – the 2002 World Championship final against Peter Ebdon. Stephen Hendry Read Quote
The memories for the missed opportunities are stronger than for the ones I managed to get over the line in. Stephen Hendry Read Quote
I could have had eight or nine world titles at least, and you do think about that at times. Stephen Hendry Read Quote
I remember far more shots that cost me matches than the ones that won me matches. That is maybe the way you think if you are someone who has won a lot of tournaments and had a successful career. Stephen Hendry Read Quote
I still enjoy a wee game of poker now and then, but I’m not very good, and being Scottish, I don’t like to lose that much money! Stephen Hendry Read Quote
When I started, there was never a great history of people doing well in snooker from Scotland. By chance, I got a table for my Christmas. If I hadn’t got that, then none of this would have happened. Stephen Hendry Read Quote
These days, you can watch many different sports; you are saturated with it 24 hours a day. And young boys all want to be footballers because you don’t even need to be that good, and you can still earn £100,000 a week. Stephen Hendry Read Quote
Even as a boy, my dad always told me, ‘Don’t show emotion.’ If I banged my cue, he would give me a row and say, ‘Stop that.’ Don’t show any petulance. It was developed, certainly, but I think you have got to have it in you. Stephen Hendry Read Quote
