Ronnie O’Sullivan has often struggled to get satisfaction from snooker. But the Rocket admits it was high praise from Rolling Stones legend and wild man Keith Richards that provided one of his biggest career highlights.
O’Sullivan heads into this year’s UK Championship having ended a seven-year drought at the Crucible and claimed a sixth world title.
That leaves him just one shy of Stephen Hendry’s record, with O’Sullivan already widely hailed as the greatest player in history, and with a chance of a first ever short-listing for the BBC Sports Personality award.
World No2 O’Sullivan, 45 next week, has spent 28 years in the place where goldfish bowl meets pressure cooker as snooker’s box office No1.
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