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I liked 'The Wire.'
I am not a superstar in Britain.
You get better as the rounds go on.
Snooker is my sanctuary and always has been.
It would break my heart to lose playing safe.
I don't think about technique. I just pot the balls.
However much I try, I can't shake off the effects of the yips.
For me, winning was 'job done.' I would practise the day after.
When you have a big lead, you relax and don't concentrate as much.
I always liked to take on the middle pockets. They're much harder.
You really have to be winning by the time you get to 20 these days.
For reasons I don't understand, I've always been relaxed at the table.
My form's good in practice, but that doesn't count for anything, really.
I can't overstate the part the yips played in bringing my career to a close.
Since he was born, Mandy and I have hoped to give Blaine a brother or sister.
I loved being the best player in the world. There was no pressure staying there.
Larry David, he's my hero. I want to be him - I want to act like him - everything.
I obviously know how good I was, and people refer to the modern game being tougher.
The worst loss in my career - the 2002 World Championship final against Peter Ebdon.
When I was playing Jimmy White in those finals, I could tell when he was under pressure.
I love playing in China. The crowds here value success more than British people seem to.
I could have had eight or nine world titles at least, and you do think about that at times.
Ever since I was a kid, I'd imagine that I was making a break to win the world championship.
Ronnie O'Sullivan is the only player in history to be dominant and popular at the same time.
It's always been my weakness that my concentration tends to go when I get into scrappy frames.
In snooker, it's very important to keep very still on the shot and allow the cue to do the work.
The best way to deal with aggression is to ignore it and try to get the match over as soon as possible.
The seven world titles record I hold is the one that means the most to me. There is no doubt about that.
It's easy to have a good attitude when you're flying, but you need it when you're up against it as well.
Going into a tournament with 100 per cent belief you will win it - that's how I've always enjoyed snooker.
I always loved playing in front of big audiences; now I'm jittery if one person is in the room watching me.
The memories for the missed opportunities are stronger than for the ones I managed to get over the line in.
I find it very difficult when, due to a lack of confidence, I don't produce and lose matches I could have won.
It's nice to have genuine appreciation for what you've achieved in the game. You don't often get it in Britain.
When you get a trophy, why go jumping and crying? Winning's a great feeling, but everything else is an anti-climax.
I enjoy commentating on the big tournaments for the BBC, the occasional exhibition match, and my business interests.
I like cookery programmes: Anthony Bourdain going around the world eating stuff; Rick Stein - he's another favourite.
It is quite surreal when you go to places up the north, like Inner Mongolia, and you are getting mobbed at the airport.
The tip I would give is that once you play the shot, make sure your chin is touching the cue after you hit the cue ball.
In any sport at the top level, if you don't put in the hard work, you can be sure someone else is. It is a vicious circle.
Judd Trump's bedrock of his game is potting good long pots, getting in, creating a chance, and winning frames at one visit.
You benefit from deep inner belief of having wins behind you, so you get to the table, and you know you're not going to miss.
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.
If I have regrets, it's around my sons. There is no doubt they were affected by the divorce - Carter more than Blaine, I think.
You cannot underestimate the body blow for a snooker player of having your cue broken. After all, it's an extension to your arm.
I still enjoy a wee game of poker now and then, but I'm not very good, and being Scottish, I don't like to lose that much money!
In the late '80s and early '90s, I took success for granted, winning four or five tournaments a year. I just expected to win them.
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.
The crowd could be tough to deal with at times, but I learned to use them and the way they behaved towards me as strong motivation.
By 2012, my game was shot. You're sitting on your chair watching players' leagues below you play shots you can't. That destroyed me.