28 Quotes by Alex Higgins

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.

By my very nature, I would never achieve a great level of consistency. That's my appeal and my downfall rolled into one.

I think I was the most natural, charismatic player who ever lifted a cue.

I'm very good when it comes to the crunch.

I invented every shot that has ever been played.

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 used to play snooker in millionaires' mansions with marble floors and eat at the best places, but that's all over now.

I always played on my nerves - on the edge.

I just love playing snooker. Every single frame is different. Not one referee ever sets the balls up exactly the same.