108 Quotes by Stephen Hendry

Reading from cover to cover - I'm not a great reader.

I never dreamed, when I received a small table for a Christmas present from my parents, I would have the career that I did or achieve so much.

I have always really loved clothes, although I am glad to say that my tastes have mellowed somewhat over the years. When I first played professionally and started to earn big money, almost everything I bought was by Versace.

When I'm practising on my own, my game feels great, but there's a big difference between practising on your own and playing against people.

The most I ever played was 12 or 13 tournaments. Now they're talking about almost 20, and it's all year round, playing through the summer as well.

It is just down to confidence. When I haven't got any, I hate playing the game.

The seven world titles record I hold is the one that means the most to me. There is no doubt about that.

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

I tried hard to create my own records when a lot of them belonged to Steve Davis, so to see someone else beat yours, you'd be lying if you said there wasn't a twinge of regret there.