Quotes by Stephen Hendry

It would break my heart to lose playing safe.

In around 2000, I became aware of a recurring problem of the 'tightness' around my cueing action, which somehow stops me believing that I can play the shot - even shots I could previously play with my eyes shut.

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.

I love playing in China. The crowds here value success more than British people seem to.

I think the word 'yips' trivialises it; it is completely debilitating, like a cancer spreading through your game and just destroying it.

Even when I used to play Jimmy White in Scotland, he would have the majority of the support. That's the only time it would irk me, coming back to Scotland and people still wanting me to lose.

I loved being the best player in the world. There was no pressure staying there.

When you get a trophy, why go jumping and crying? Winning's a great feeling, but everything else is an anti-climax.

I don't think about technique. I just pot the balls.

I'm not the player I was.