Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.

Looking for perfection is the only way to motivate yourself.

My hearts not been in it this year [2005], and I've not been playing well, but I keep on winning.

I thought 'How can I stop playing or give myself an excuse to stop playing? So I snapped my cue on Friday. It was quite fun doing it. It's gone.

My dad's method in his madness was to try every sport and then observe what I liked. I played football, tennis, golf, cricket but I loved my snooker.

I don't think I suffered with depression, I don't think I'm a depressed type of person - I just think I suffered a depression to do with snooker, and I just couldn't handle it. I could go out and play, but take me out of there and I couldn't do life. It was a nightmare, my life just felt like a bit of a nightmare.

Running clears my mind, and gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning.