Ronnie O'Sullivan has brushed aside Hossein Vafaei's claims he should retire from snooker.The Rocket said: "I can’t start criticising when people say something.
Some of the things I’ve said over the years have been… I look back and laugh at them because some of them have been blinders."I can’t help but laugh, I look back and think, 'that was a beauty!' You know what I mean?
Sometimes you need to say something just to fire yourself up. Hossein has said what he said. Listen, he’s a great player, he’s a good guy and you know…it’ll be a good match if I play him."Vafaei had claimed that O'Sullivan should walk away from the Crucible to the Metro: "Of course.
A lot of things he says frustrates me. What kind of legend are you if you call people numpties?"I was and am still good friends with him, but I don’t like that.
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