A biography for Stephen Hendryhasn’t been written yet.
“If I have regrets, it's around my sons. There is no doubt they were affected by the divorce - Carter more than Blaine, I think.”
“I liked 'The Wire.'”
“Steve Davis has found a way of competing to a level that is not as high as it once was, enjoying his wins, and not getting too angry about the defeats.”
“You have to win any way you can.”
“I still enjoy a wee game of poker now and then, but I'm not very good, and being Scottish, I don't like to lose that much money!”
“Snooker is my sanctuary and always has been.”
“There are players out there who want to dominate and keep their opponent sitting down. They want to make centuries and win frames at a single visit, and I like to see that.”
“The seven world titles record I hold is the one that means the most to me. There is no doubt about that.”
“There are times when there's been some discontent and muttered threats from audience members. I take no notice, and in any case, I always have John Carroll around to deflect unpleasantness.”
“I am not on tour any more, but I hear things, and there are stories that some players are not as dedicated as they should be and treating some of these PTC events in Europe as stag weekends rather than tournaments.”
“I find it very difficult when, due to a lack of confidence, I don't produce and lose matches I could have won.”
“It's easy to have a good attitude when you're flying, but you need it when you're up against it as well.”
“You really have to be winning by the time you get to 20 these days.”
“The worst loss in my career - the 2002 World Championship final against Peter Ebdon.”
“When you get a trophy, why go jumping and crying? Winning's a great feeling, but everything else is an anti-climax.”
“It's always been my weakness that my concentration tends to go when I get into scrappy frames.”
“I liked Dalgety Bay, but my life did not revolve around the house. I was a teenager there, and these things aren't that important at that age.”
“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.”
“The quarter finals is always an exciting round because you know you're one match away from that one table situation: where the magic really starts to happen at the Crucible and where it starts to come into its own.”
“When you have a big lead, you relax and don't concentrate as much.”