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I am trapped in snooker.
I have been a fighter all my life.
What chance has cancer against me?
I'm quite a studious person, I think.
I'm very good when it comes to the crunch.
I always played on my nerves - on the edge.
I love to sit and watch a bit of 'Cash in the Attic.'
I had such a great affection and love for playing snooker.
The tobacco companies and snooker were as thick as thieves.
I could think six shots ahead. It's no different to playing chess.
I think I was the most natural, charismatic player who ever lifted a cue.
I think my presence around the table was mesmerising at times. It captured people.
The reason that I was so quick was because I was impatient. I couldn't wait to hit the next shot.
I want to be the Cassius Clay of snooker. Cassius is the greatest at boxing and that's what I mean to be at snooker.
I just love playing snooker. Every single frame is different. Not one referee ever sets the balls up exactly the same.
I never had any doubts about my ability. The problem was getting into so many scrapes because of my erratic temperament.
I used to play snooker in millionaires' mansions with marble floors and eat at the best places, but that's all over now.
By my very nature, I would never achieve a great level of consistency. That's my appeal and my downfall rolled into one.
If I'd been from a different background, I could have gone to a grammar school, I suppose. I might have been a different person.
I don't want my kids to live like I do, sweating in a little metal box. I want them to have sunshine. I want them to have light.
I might have been a jockey, you know. I started by riding horses bareback and holding on to the mane before they finally threw me off.
Would I have done anything different? I might have put a golf club in my hand instead of a cue. I love watching those guys play. Every situation is different, everything - every shot - has to be so precise.
When I was 15, I was about seven stone - the average weight for a kid of 11 in them days was about nine stone. I managed to keep my head down because there was about half a dozen heavies in the class and there was bullying in them days. But I stayed one step ahead of them all the time.