Ally McCoist sits down with arguably the greatest snooker player of all time Ronnie O’Sullivan as the Rocket recaps his journey to the top, career highs, battles with Stephen Hendry and how he overcame rustiness to win the 2013 World Championship.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:20 Breaking 10km running record
01:55 The reason Ronnie O’Sullivan began playing Snooker
03:06 Ray Reardon’s influence on the tactical side of Ronnie O’Sullivan’s game
05:00 Steve Davis & Stephen Hendry’s influence on Snooker
06:12 Issues with self doubt
07:14 Ronnie O’Sullivan on when he was at his peak
08:14 Ronnie O’Sullivan on when he enjoyed playing snooker the most
09:06 2013 World Championship victory
10:45 Novel on Ronnie O’Sullivan’s extraordinary life
11:50 Ronnie O’Sullivan on how he looks back at his life
13:04 Ronnie O’Sullivan on how difficult it was to take the right path in life
13:55 Fear of letting people down
14:50 Benefits of keeping fit for his mental health
16:00 How sport has evolved in recent years
16:48 John Higgins praise
18:30 The future of Snooker
19:28 Ronnie O’Sullivan on his future in the game
20:54 Why Ronnie O’Sullivan thinks he’s on the decline
22:20 Playing left-handed in 1996
23:33 Chasing titles
24:19 Outro
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35 Comments
Ronnie O'Sullivan, all day long. McJoist(plank), never!!
Ronnie would love that 8th world
The best thing for Ronnie is his wife, never mentions her. She is driving 👍
Love how Ronnie gave Ray Readon his flowers for the contribution he had towards completing Ronnie’s game
GOAT 🐐
Great Interview.
Honest, Insightful and very interesting to listen to Ronnie's own thoughts about his Pro Career and the importance of having the good habits and discipline instilled in him early on by his Father which helped him stay dedicated on his own very unique path to success.
As someone who loves The Game of Snooker I feel pretty grateful to have watched such a talented player evolve and succeed throughout the many years of his brilliant career . . . there's been some real highs and lows but Ronnie has handled all the pressures admirably, stayed the course at the top of the game and given greatly to Snooker and to the many fans and players who love it.
What a Player! 😃👊💯💯
Champion of the Green Bays .
Macoist got smacked by colimore and found out 😂
GOAT
You don’t get many geniuses in sport, but the rocket is definitely one
Ronnie O'Sullivan. A first class wanker
He is the best and always will be no one can say and tell me or anyone else any different he's done and won more then any other snooker player . I really don't see any one else in my life time doing what he's done like he has simple
The G.O.A.T.
Lovely interview. Great interviewing techniques from Ally there, yet that’s just Ally being Ally. A natural at it. He put Ronnie at ease from the get go and you can see Ronnie really enjoyed it. So natural and relaxed it was more like an informal chat than an interview… Great watch.
Considering his family woes, he has proved over many years that he is the best the game has ever seen, in my opinion, he would of had 10-15 world titles if his family life was more stable when he was younger…the best by a mile.
As a Finnish viewer, I struggled to understand what they were talking about. But I think I made it – maybe 😀
Even Celtic fans can't not like Ally. He's one of the boys.
Ronnie seemed relaxed during this which is awesome
Keep going young man.
Inspiration to all snooker lovers.
Some geezer got two 147's in one session other week..that will take some beating..
Ronnie, va fi unic, for ever 👍👍👍
Hi is The 🐐
I want that sofa
At 6.46 he's really talking about the Dunning Kruger effect, without realising it.
Good Interview.
Class ❤
Ronnie putting everyone to sleep! In the 1st round of this 2025 World, he was on neutral in the first session but looked eager to play in the 2nd session and Ali Carter really sensed it… and quickly folded in 5 frames in which he was never a factor (55% pot success)! Ronnie's attitude at the table has a tremendous bearing on the end result… even vs Trump & Selby
Ronnie's a natural😂
I recognise a lot of what Ronnie says here. Doubt tends to come from knowing just how really good you are and the want to maintain this is always there trying to derail that. It's so very good knowing you're almost a super hero being able to do something at the very highest level and doubt just works it's way in there. The mind changes a whole lot too of course over the many years so reworking how you achieve the same principle ideas is important but also understanding that the brain works from experience and so simply doing what you do either by thought or practice sustains this.
The biggest threat though can be just thinking itself and unfortunately once you introduce that as part of your model, you're working against the automation part of your brain and it's then you have to be really adaptive
He means none of that in decline rubbish. He says it every time. Narcissism? Getting in opponents' heads? But the press can't ignore him.
How this legend of snooker player is not seen by the mass as of one of the greatest sports talent we’ve ever seen, is bonkers!
Snooker is brutal, isolating and is a mentally taxing sport, it’s rock solid!Excellent interview. 👍
34 minutes for a 10k Jesus Christ. Rapid!
Ronnie is the best and greatest snooker player of all time, there is no comparison. Hendry was also good but I rate Davis better than Hendry. Jimmy White the best non world champion.
As a sport obsessed teenager these two were massive for me. Ally on Question of Sport was amazing and always made me laugh(wasn't old enough to really watch him play but I remember Euro 96). Ronnie has just always been a fascinating enigma, one of the true outliers in the sport world, on the same level as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps etc.
Ronnie seems more relaxed than he has ever been. He sounds so REAL, and he definitely seems to be enjoying the interview, responding as if it is a conversation between two people who enjoy the game of snooker. I've admired him for many years, and this interview just adds to my appreciation of him, not only as a snooker genius but as an interesting fellow human being.
Ally is truly amazing