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
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They also failed to save enough money during the good times in the late '90s, when there was plenty of money accumulating in the coffers. Instead of actually sensibly trying to reduce their deficits at that time they simply spent the money,
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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.
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It was a fast game and I am happy that I won the game with 5-0.
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I left as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at (Robert E.) Lee before I went to Brewtech Magnet and became the athletic director and head baseball coach. I have also been at Lanier High as the offensive coordinator and spent a couple of years as the head coach at Georgia Washington Jr. High, in Montgomery.
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Snooker players go into steady decline and lose their intensity after a while. But I will have real purpose the next five years. I want to prove people wrong and win a lot more tournaments.
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Snooker has just been a British-based sport for such a long time and when I started at 18 the furthest you'd go would be London.
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That's a great reward, I don't think I've ever played better,
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Far more discussion is still required before government will be in a position to make informed decisions on proposed technologies.
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didn't know whether he did it, but then over the course of several hours he said he did it.
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It would be fantastic to have the two top-ranked players in the world playing out of the same club.
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People fell in love with Alex Higgins, a working-class fellow from the back streets of Belfast. That's what brought the game alive.
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Ronnie - to my mind - is the best that's ever played the game so I knew I had to play well and I have done, so I am over the moon.
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I grew up walking out with no music. I wish I had the bottle to dance on but I can't dance.
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I didn't make a 147 until few years ago - I just wasn't the sort of player who went for them. But it's like buses I suppose, one comes along and then a few more follow.