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.
Ronnie O'SullivanThe relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back.
Ronnie O'SullivanToday I got so annoyed with myself that I lost my patience and walked away from a game that, with hindsight, I should have continued [on quitting a game early on against Hendry]
Ronnie O'SullivanMy hearts not been in it this year [2005], and I've not been playing well, but I keep on winning.
Ronnie O'SullivanI 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.
Ronnie O'Sullivan