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Somebody put it quite well here recently. O'Sullivan loves snooker whereas Hendry loved winning. It's not perfect as Hendry clearly loved his snooker too, but if asked to explain the difference between them in a single sentence, I think you could do far worse than that.
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I would contend that to become any sort of player, given the level of practise required even to get to 60-70 break standard, you have to love the game.
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Hendry played RoS plenty of times in the 90s. He certainly didn't dominate him. Ronnie has been playing top level snooker for 20 years. It's my opinion that he's just got better as he's got older and healthier. Body and mind. The kid was tortured in his younger years. No wonder he looked fragile at times on the table.
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Snooker is a conundrum in that you need the mental strength beyond your years, and if you don't have it you are too old if/when you ever get it to use it. Hendry had it in spades the toughest mentally by a distant margin. Some players will gain this or at least better their temperament in later years but by then their eyes are going or their action is shot.
Because of Ronnie's supreme natural talent he has greater longevity physically, and he is now stronger mentally as well. This why he is now so far ahead, with Hendry gone and others waning. The current brigade are nothing on Hendry/Higgins/Williams/Hunter in their pomp. Thats not to say he is a cert for the World's, as he has said himself its a tough slog the 17 days. |
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Born To Win 'Because of Ronnies supreme talent he has greater longevity physically" Eh!!!
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What I mean is that less goes wrong with the most natural talents cueing actions etc. I guess physically is the wrong word.
Just look at Hendry's action in early years, he lost that badly towards the end. Also Davis. Ronnie's action now is not much different than his younger days. |