Ronnie O’Sullivan ‘will play snooker for so long as I get pleasure from it’

Ronnie O’Sullivan mentioned he deliberate to proceed competing on the prime degree of snooker, as long as he loved it.

The seven-time world champion from Chigwell, Essex, had beforehand threatened to give up the game over a row with its governing physique.

He admitted there have been occasions he would “hate” snooker, however later realised: “Really, I actually love this.”

Requested if he deliberate to proceed enjoying professionally, O’Sullivan mentioned: “So long as I can tempo myself.”

The 48-year-old’s struggles with snooker at occasions have been well-documented.

O’Sullivan got here beneath fireplace in November after he publicly criticised the World Snooker Tour.

His feedback associated to 5 gamers being threatened with punishment for taking part in in an exhibition occasion in China, as a substitute of the Northern Eire Open.

In that very same month, a documentary confirmed “The Rocket” virtually in tears having received stage fright in a World Championship ultimate in 2022.

Talking to BBC Essex, the snooker nice mentioned he was again having fun with competing on the world tour.

“All of us have moments the place we hate what we do,” he mentioned.

“Then just a few weeks later you get up and also you go, ‘Really, I actually love this.’ That is regular for everyone.”

O’Sullivan went on to beat his anxieties and gained the World Championship in 2022, turning into the oldest winner in Crucible historical past.

Nonetheless, within the 2024 match he exited on the quarter ultimate stage by the hands of fellow Englishman, Stuart Bingham.

He mentioned his new autobiography would elevate the lid on his private expertise of competing on the prime degree.

O’Sullivan informed the BBC he had come to worth the significance of enjoyment over heaping stress on himself.

“There was a time the place I did not suppose I used to be ever going to win one World Championship, so to be sitting right here on seven feels ridiculous,” he mentioned.

“I am not going to get grasping and need the eighth. In the event you mentioned I will get one, I might be pleased with that.

“I am not hungry to get titles. So long as I am having fun with enjoying, that is the primary factor.”