John Higgins
John Higgins
John Higgins, MBEis a Scottish professional snooker player. Since turning professional in 1992, he has won 28 ranking titles, including four World Championships and three UK Championships, as well as two Masters titles, making him one of the most successful players in the modern history of the sport...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth18 May 1975
coming east far players top trying
With some other top players I'm part of a company trying to put on events in Europe, especially Germany, but also Poland, Austria, Russia. There's so much talent coming out of the Far East now, and we want the same thing in Europe.
bad both few maybe mistakes norm seems
Both of us made a few bad mistakes but that seems to be the norm when we play, ... Maybe that's because of nerves.
captain honestly passengers perfectly reasonable safety thinking
It's perfectly reasonable for the captain to be thinking about the safety of his passengers but I honestly thought we were fine.
great invited nice
It's just nice to be invited to the party. We're having a great time.
great london special support
It's even more special in London because he has got such a great support, more than anywhere.
broadcast certainly either government heat pressure ratings worth
It wasn't sizzling in the ratings before. Now, with all the government pressure about broadcast indecency, it's certainly not worth the heat for either side.
came fantastic fell lots money others throwing tv
It was fantastic when I came into snooker, when tobacco was throwing lots of money at it, and even when they fell away we thought others would come in because of all the TV exposure. But it didn't happen.
arguing consumers create effective either exempt healthy legal media protect sector services
We are not arguing that new 'on-demand' services should be exempt from legal standards. But this is not the most effective way either to protect consumers or to create a healthy media sector in Europe.
beat career good played
The only woman I have played in my career was my wife and I beat her easily! But she wasn't much good.
money
We've all got to get away from this idea that the big money's still around.
happy hard last lose
It is a hard game, once I thought I was going to lose the game,but at last I won. I am happy with the result.
dramatic fashion major novelty problem secret worn
I think the one major problem with the 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show' is that the novelty has worn off. It's not that dramatic anymore.
A lot of nasty and untrue things have been said about me.
apparently british captain fine passengers perfectly reason reasonable safety taken thinking
I thought we were fine but apparently it was one British holidaymaker who complained to the crew. That was the reason why the captain thought we should be taken off the flight. It's perfectly reasonable for him to be thinking about the safety of his passengers but I couldn't see any problem.