Stephen Hendry

“There are times when there's been some discontent and muttered threats from audience members. I take no notice, and in any case, I always have John Carroll around to deflect unpleasantness.”

“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 star...”

“If the World Seniors led to a place directly into the Crucible, then I would take it very seriously because to play there again would be incredible.”

“I grew up Dalgety Bay, in the Kingdom of Fife, in a 1970s bungalow. We moved there when I was nine and stayed for about six years.”

“It's easy to have a good attitude when you're flying, but you need it when you're up against it as well.”

“I put on the tuxedo, and it's like putting on overalls - they're my work clothes. Then I go to work. I'm relaxed. I do my job.”

“I can't overstate the part the yips played in bringing my career to a close.”

“It's always been my weakness that my concentration tends to go when I get into scrappy frames.”

“I like cookery programmes: Anthony Bourdain going around the world eating stuff; Rick Stein - he's another favourite.”