John Higgins Quotes

Nobody can really dominate like Stephen Hendry or Steve Davis. The players are just too good for that.

I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.

Snooker is a very good TV sport.

The thing is, with century breaks, maximums, ranking tournaments, these sorts of things are automatically going to be broken: it's not if but when.

Our sport probably has the best history and tradition of being engaged in international competition.

There is money to be made giving trick-shot shows at schools, clubs, tournaments, and even shopping centers. Pool shows on television almost always include a few fancy shots.

I've boxed many people in their own backyard plenty of times - in China, I boxed a Chinese girl in the final of the world championships, and I've boxed Russians before in their home nation as well.

The Under-21s was a good experience for me and one I will take into the Euros.

Believe me, I feel the same way now about snooker as I did when I was 13.

Snooker's got bigger over the last ten years, but obviously it's still on a really small scale.

It is extremely difficult to get a medal at the World Championships, even more than the Olympics. And when one is not 100 per cent prepared, it is next to impossible to win a medal there.

No Alex Higgins, no snooker.

I believe that the Premier League is the best league in the world, and having played in the Premier League for such a long time, it is to my advantage, and I know what to expect.

40 seems to be the new 25 in snooker so there is no rush, but I would like to start hitting the time where I'm more stable and regularly hitting the quarters and semis, push on and make some money.

The quarter finals is always an exciting round because you know you're one match away from that one table situation: where the magic really starts to happen at the Crucible and where it starts to come into its own.

Not only did I have to face the great Steve Davis for 10 years, Stephen Hendry came along, who attacked the balls. He was such an incredible potter with self-belief.

I grew up in south London and spent most of my adolescence in the snooker halls of the area, turning professional at 17.

To be the best in the Heineken Cup or the Top 14 you've got to win home and away.

It sounds strange to be world champion at the Crucible.

My friends, they can't beat me in pool or bowling.

Maybe I could be the playboy of snooker.

I love playing O'Sullivan. It is a bit of a role reversal from when I used to play Alex Higgins.

The tobacco companies and snooker were as thick as thieves.

I had such a great affection and love for playing snooker.

Players such as Gianluigi Buffon, Andrea Pirlo and Mirko Vucinic are all world-class.