A biography for Alex Higginshasn’t been written yet.
“I just love playing snooker. Every single frame is different. Not one referee ever sets the balls up exactly the same.”
“I think my presence around the table was mesmerising at times. It captured people.”
“By my very nature, I would never achieve a great level of consistency. That's my appeal and my downfall rolled into one.”
“The reason that I was so quick was because I was impatient. I couldn't wait to hit the next shot.”
“I have been a fighter all my life.”
“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 always played on my nerves - on the edge.”