28 Quotes by Alex Higgins

The tobacco companies and snooker were as thick as thieves.

I'm quite a studious person, I think.

I have been a fighter all my life.

What chance has cancer against me?

I think my presence around the table was mesmerising at times. It captured people.

When I was 15, I was about seven stone - the average weight for a kid of 11 in them days was about nine stone. I managed to keep my head down because there was about half a dozen heavies in the class and there was bullying in them days. But I stayed one step ahead of them all the time.

I might have been a jockey, you know. I started by riding horses bareback and holding on to the mane before they finally threw me off.

The reason that I was so quick was because I was impatient. I couldn't wait to hit the next shot.

I have a strong will-power.