Stephen Hendry Quotes

Pool, it became clear to me, is all about angles. First, there are simple angles, as you must hit the cue ball to either side when you are not straight on.

I think I'm okay; I got a pretty good shot when I concentrate. I like pool.

You can't swing with hesitation; you can't try to steer the ball to the flag; you can't worry about that water hazard as you take the club back. You have to pick the right club, visualize the shot you want to hit, and then focus on that shot until the ball is gone.

I love pool because it's a game of strategy, a game of the eye, and your whole universe is like this. I really want to become a pool shark.

I am happy with the way I hit the ball. There is a certain element of power into it but not completely. It is like 80 per cent timing and 20 per cent power. Why do I need power hitting when I can clear the ropes with timing?

I say this every time I get interviewed, I just try to get my shots on target. If they go in, they go in.

In snooker, it's very important to keep very still on the shot and allow the cue to do the work.

It's just a matter of hitting the ball where I want to hit it and hopefully making some putts.

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.

If you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead of you, down the fairway, so you don't have to waste energy going back to pick it up.

When you're hitting a fairway wood, you've got a lot of real estate to cover to get to your target. Your first instinct is probably to give it a little more power because you're worried about coming up short.

Swinging harder with a longer club almost always leads to bad shots.

Every shot feels like the first shot of the day. If I'm on the range hitting shot after shot, I can hit them just as good as I did when I was 30. But out on the course, your body changes between shots. You get out of the cart, and you've got this 170-yard 5-iron over a bunker, and it goes about 138.

Paul Newman is not a very good pool player.

I love to play pool.

Archery requires very sensitive muscles.

Touch is more important than arm strength. You want to really allow the receiver to run underneath the throw. It'll give you a little margin for error if you undershoot it a bit.

When I see three balls, I just swing at the middle one.

I like to play pool. When the ball goes in the pocket, you win.

I don't think about technique. I just pot the balls.

A lot of times guys have the tendency to try to kick it too hard or over-kick it. Just like a golf swing, the harder you try to hit it the less chance you have at it going straight.

The scoops and laps are something I've always had. The timing of the shots is the important part. You can't use it when it's reckless, you've to use it at the right time. Using the crease is something I've consciously worked on.

I just try to focus in to what I'm supposed to do at the line and shoot the basketball.

Shooting is a skill you can develop. It's repetition and confidence.

If you're playing a shot and your peripheral vision picks up a player moving as you play the shot, if your vision goes from the object ball to what they're doing, you can miss the shot by several inches.