Stephen Hendry

I put on the tuxedo, and it's like putting on overalls - they're my work clothes. Then I go to work. I'm relaxed. I do my job.

job go clothes work

You benefit from deep inner belief of having wins behind you, so you get to the table, and you know you're not going to miss.

deep behind know you

In snooker, it's very important to keep very still on the shot and allow the cue to do the work.

shot keep important work

For me, winning was 'job done.' I would practise the day after.

job day me winning

I would never be one to go striding over to any woman who caught my eye - after all, I'm the person who got to know my wife's parents before I plucked up the courage to talk to her.

woman parents wife courage

Financially speaking, I haven't ended my career in the best shape, and there are debts, as well as what is to come by way of a divorce settlement to Mandy.

career best divorce way

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.

more think divorce doubt

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.

game me you sitting

In the '90s, I never socialised with other players.

other players never

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

feeling great you winning

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

loved best pressure world

If I'm going to play, I'm going to have to give it 100%, which means I'm going to have to play in all of the tournaments that I don't like.

going give like play

Unless I can do myself justice and play well, I'm not going to play.

myself i-can play justice

There's no point, me turning up at the world championship as a publicity stunt and then lose 10-3 to someone who shouldn't tie my shoelaces.

lose someone me world

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

cover great reader reading

I like cookery programmes: Anthony Bourdain going around the world eating stuff; Rick Stein - he's another favourite.

going like eating world

I liked 'The Wire.'

liked wire

Larry David, he's my hero. I want to be him - I want to act like him - everything.

everything like hero want

It's easy to have a good attitude when you're flying, but you need it when you're up against it as well.

good you easy attitude

It's always been my weakness that my concentration tends to go when I get into scrappy frames.

go always concentration weakness