Ronnie O’Sullivan says ‘ruining careers’ of Trump, Selby and extra drives him on
Ronnie O’Sullivan revealed his drive for continued success in snooker comes from a want to ‘wreck careers’ of his rivals.
The Rocket, 47, is the game’s world primary as he additional cements the prolonged resume he is inbuilt snooker ever since changing into an expert in 1992.
The seven-time World Snooker Championship victor is aiming for a record-extending eighth UK Championship title in Sunday’s (December 3) after besting Hossein Vafaei who admitted he “lost to my idol”. O’Sullivan will meet the winner of Judd Trump and Ding Junhei within the finale.
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O’Sullivan holds the report for probably the most Triple Crown titles with 21 triumphs within the UK and World Championship, in addition to the Masters. A victory on Sunday could possibly be his first rating title since 2022 and would spell his fortieth general. Known for being brutally sincere, the 47-year-old admitted what his drive within the sport is 30 years on.
“The thing for me is stopping other people winning the big tournaments,” he stated. “If I can stop Selby winning a few and Judd winning a few or Ding and Robertson. If I can ruin their careers a bit, that would be great.
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Despite his popularity as one of many best gamers of all-time, he modestly outlined his success by saying: “I’ve done all right. I’ve got a good CV. Sometimes that’s a nice motivation to play. I’m just hanging around now so other people don’t have as good a career as maybe they could have.”
O’Sullivan’s gorgeous revelations continued as he claimed: “I’m just here to spoil the party and ruin their CV. I don’t care about winning, I want to make them look back and think ‘I could have had four or five more if it weren’t for him!”
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Despite his nonchalance round successful, O’Sullivan can add to his seemingly countless snooker honours because of his victory over world No.18 Vafaei who paid tribute to the Englishman. “There was only one man who could stop me and it’s Ronnie O’Sullivan,” he stated after his loss.
“I think everyone can see that I’m coming.”