Stephen Hendry’s Incredible Journey To Becoming A Seven-Time World Champion

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  • Stephen tells the story of his career and how he became a seven-time world snooker champion.
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  • @carleaston2177
    @carleaston2177 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +119

    Stephen , out of all the videos you've made i have to say that this one was the best. Stripped back to bare bones , knocking balls in , just like you were in the club.....i felt like i was there with you! Brilliant.

  • @Guvna07
    @Guvna07 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +134

    You’re an absolute British sporting legend and was the very best for many years. Now you’re the best pundit / commentator in the game. You still have plenty to offer the sport. I also think you’d make a damn fine coach. You’re a credit to the game Stephen.
    I’ve had to edit this because there seems to be loads of Ronnie fangirls in here arguing about who the goat is. My comment wasn’t intended to incite war. I simply said that Hendry is a snooker legend and still has loads to offer snooker. I love Ronnie and without question he’s the greatest ever and his records will never be bettered. He’s my favorite player and watching him play the game is like witnessing an artist paint a masterpiece. Even Stephen acknowledges that Ronnie is the goat. But I was commenting on Stephen’s video so I spoke about him and him only. Hendry is still a sporting legend whether you agree or not.

    • @jonnowocky8179
      @jonnowocky8179 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      He looks like he could come back and compete again to me, would love to see it personally

    • @davie8906
      @davie8906 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Bwitish when he won,Scots when he lost. Imma right? 🤔

    • @davie8906
      @davie8906 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Bwitish when he wins,Scottish when he loses??

    • @AD-kv9kj
      @AD-kv9kj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@davie8906 He's a Scottish sporting legend too, nobody's cancelling Scotland, calm down.

    • @Harrylovesmeat_13
      @Harrylovesmeat_13 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Couldn’t agree more pal

  • @cheddarfish225
    @cheddarfish225 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    If I am honest, I was never a fan during the 90's. I thought you were too aloof. However, that is because I was too young to appreciate what you were doing. You, my friend, are an absolute legend and you deserved every bit of success you had. Love the channel. Thank you.

    • @michelleparry6529
      @michelleparry6529 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Fantastic player your still brilliant

    • @bouncingswordsful
      @bouncingswordsful 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Exactly how I used to feel, only now I appreciate how great he was back then

    • @PlayMoreGolf-RipOff
      @PlayMoreGolf-RipOff 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You want aloof… STEPHEN LEE

    • @cheddarfish225
      @cheddarfish225 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@michelleparry6529 you're

    • @X22GJP
      @X22GJP 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      People felt the same way about Michael Schumacher when he dominated - came across as arrogant, but in reality it’s just determination and confidence in themselves. Both legendary in their sports.

  • @curtismantle
    @curtismantle 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    “Those were good times the nineties”. True in so many ways.

  • @jackbuff_I
    @jackbuff_I 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    I love how this feels like you're having a frame with him down the club 😂 excellent camera work! Fascinating story's too, could listen all day!

  • @BelfastManUtdTherapy
    @BelfastManUtdTherapy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Remember O' Sullivan knocking Mark Williams out of the WC in 2008, it knocked Mark out of the top 32, i think it was to number 48. Even then Stephen was still getting to the Crucible Semi-Finals. Yet Mark knuckled down and fought and put the hours in. Now he's still top 8. Stephen Hendry should still be top 3 in the world but everyone's motivations are different. He achieved everything and I don't blame him for not being up for a mad long fight. Our brains are different. williams, higgins and o'sullivan love competing. Hendry loved winning. Great channel! Used to hate you steve because of your TOTAL Domination, but I love ya now

  • @danielroberts1598
    @danielroberts1598 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +182

    I used to hate seeing you win everything. I don’t think your dominance will ever be repeated. Great channel, great dude.

    • @johnmartin650
      @johnmartin650 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Why did you hate him for winning everything?

    • @speedy692
      @speedy692 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@johnmartin650 I was the same, it's because I was a Steve Davis fan.

    • @georgehagi4703
      @georgehagi4703 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Yeah as a jimmy white fan i felt the same at the time ,but now i appreciate and love and realize what a king stephen was ! Hes so nice and genuine love him ❤❤

    • @grayeve7918
      @grayeve7918 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Stephen was good but in this era he wouldn't of won 7 world titles Jimmy bottled 2 of those

    • @AD-kv9kj
      @AD-kv9kj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@johnmartin650 Because a lot of folk, especially with the British mentality, tend to get bored of predictable winners and naturally start wanting the underdog to win as it would be more exciting to see. Always a problem being a regular winner, people start to hate you purely because they want to see something more exciting (ie, unpredictable and different). There is also just that element of the basic fact that in order to really dominate so consistently all the time for so long, you have to be very cold and more robotic. Entertaining personalities may be super talented and win quite a bit, but they can't ever be so consistent about it all the time by the very nature of their minds and attitudes.

  • @mick6729
    @mick6729 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I think people sometimes forget just how good Stephen was. Obviously, people talk about Ronnie and maybe that’s due to his longevity at the highest level. But for me, Stephen is on a par. He dominated snooker in the 90’s. What a player

    • @meok292
      @meok292 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The big difference is style. Ronnie has done things nobody else has been able to do. Hendry was a machine, but wasn't a genius. Ronnie is a genius

    • @user-yx2vi6db9t
      @user-yx2vi6db9t 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      ​@@meok292Stephen Hendry isn't a genius is possibly the most ridiculous comment on the video! And there's some bad ones!

    • @user-vn3nz5ru3h
      @user-vn3nz5ru3h 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@user-yx2vi6db9t Ronnie O'Sullivan is the GOAT and genius . Hendry isn't

    • @mick6729
      @mick6729 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@user-yx2vi6db9t i know lol. One of the greatest players of all time and this geezer says he isn’t a genius lol

    • @whatiswrongwithyou5583
      @whatiswrongwithyou5583 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What makes you think that people sometimes forget?

  • @inkve1979
    @inkve1979 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Im from Greece,and during the 90ies me and many kids watched you and all the others and developed love for the game,but really one name is connected with my childhood memories watching snooker,and its your name Stephen...!!
    No matter what you always gonna be the champion..
    Im grateful for the memories,and for teaching young lads like i was what sportsmanship and dedication really means..
    God bless you...!!

  • @billylinton7135
    @billylinton7135 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Absolute legend, could watch and listen to Stephen all day. So wish he was still playing

  • @rickagfoster
    @rickagfoster 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I discovered snooker at 19 when Stephen was 19. I wasn’t latched on to Davis or White so I loved watching Stephen dominate as the “next big thing”. Great times.

  • @Nico-qt4qz
    @Nico-qt4qz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hendry was an absolute weapon. He used to just mow players down and annihilate them before they got to the table. He was no frills and didnt carry on like a goose. The lack of tournaments in his day and yet still has 36 Ranking Titles to his name speaks volumes to his dominance. He was in my mind the beginning of the new era of players who attack and dont hold back, definitely inspired me as a young man to pick up a cue. Thanks Stephen.

  • @WatermarquePaul
    @WatermarquePaul 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I think you was the greatest snooker player of all time, used to love watching you play and love your TH-cam channel now.

  • @Thetoon25
    @Thetoon25 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Liking this very honest and casual reflection on your life Stephen. While you were never my favourite player (as you kept beating Jimmy!!) I have the upmost respect for what you have done and are doing now for the game. I love the game, but im not great as it is so rediculous hard. But it is still a love of mine.

  • @mikebills9343
    @mikebills9343 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    You’ve still got it Stephen , go for more world titles 🐐

    • @scambodia147
      @scambodia147 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now that’s funny.

  • @emcg.9655
    @emcg.9655 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I loved watching you back in the day. As a Celtic fan in the 90s it was the perfect antidote to the unpredictability of football😅. I remember getting your autograph when you were in East Kilbride shopping centre for reasons unknown😂

  • @deandavies9576
    @deandavies9576 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Im a millenial born in 86 and watching you inspired me to play snooker your still the champ in my eyes and always will be, great channel keep more videos coming

  • @shaymayo6
    @shaymayo6 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    you earned a lot of new fans because of this channel, and rightly so.
    even people who weren't your fans in the 90's, like me (i was a jimmy white fan).
    great work

  • @bigboy5428
    @bigboy5428 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    In my eyes you are the GOAT of this hardest sport in the world it looks easy but has to be the hardest thing ever.

    • @stevemawer848
      @stevemawer848 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Try racing a bike round France for three weeks! 🙂

    • @user-uc6vs9wf5b
      @user-uc6vs9wf5b 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@stevemawer848that's not a sport. That's a bike ride. Neither is snooker. It's a game. Beautiful post. Stephen Hendry is truly the indisputable GOAT of snooker 🍀🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🐐

    • @stevemawer848
      @stevemawer848 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-uc6vs9wf5b You think the Tour de France is "a bike ride"? And the Monaco Grand Prix is just a sunday drive? I agee that snooker is a game -= a game is something you play (football, golf, etc.) while a sport is something you do - you don''t "play" Tour de France or Formula 1.

    • @user-vn3nz5ru3h
      @user-vn3nz5ru3h 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ronnie O'Sullivan is the UNDISPUTED GOAT of snooker!

  • @andrewmorton3177
    @andrewmorton3177 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    There is a portrait of you with the 87 Grand Prix trophy on the wall beside the table I play on in my local club (Pyramid Club in Kilmarnock) Every Friday night when I play with my 85 year old Dad (who’s claim to fame is beating John Pullman in a best of 5 exhibition back in 74) I always give it a wee glance of admiration.
    My old man aside, you were the biggest inspiration for me playing snooker & absolutely my GOAT. A fantastic ambassador of the game & genuinely think if you qualified for the Crucible again it would be possibly your greatest achievement.
    Get Practicing! 👏🏻👏🏻

  • @jamie-ck6js
    @jamie-ck6js 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I hope we get more of this style, one of my favourite videos from this channel, it just feels like we have having a relaxed frame with a great, down at the club.

  • @carlgray6764
    @carlgray6764 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    i loved snooker from the 80's onwards ... times have changed and i still enjoy it now
    but those early days of me watching snooker were special ... so thank you all that
    made many memorable moments!

  • @Ben-my2rd
    @Ben-my2rd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Very interesting to hear all this Stephen, thanks.
    Davis was my hero as a kid; I still remember being awed by your rise and the complete, obsessive domination you had in the 90s.

  • @aleksandarkekerovic6104
    @aleksandarkekerovic6104 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I've been watching snooker for as long as I can remember and I was always a fan of Ronnie's. Sadly I've never witness the greatness of Hendry live because I'm too young, but channel made a true fan and an admirer of Stephen Hendry

    • @robmaddison8645
      @robmaddison8645 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was a machine. Never knew he was such a natural talent either. Makes his achievements even more remarkable.

  • @ronsimpson8666
    @ronsimpson8666 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You were like Jordan was in the NBA, DOMINANT. I started 8 and 9 ball when APA started, and dream of getting some snooker games in someday! Caught up this decade with all the classic matches, and I must say you're a fantastic commentator with oodles of insight.
    ❤️✌️

  • @elmondo3543
    @elmondo3543 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Epic episode from the undisputed GOAT! youngest ever WC and completely dominated for a decade in a stronger era with less tournaments. If Stephen was in his prime today he would be miles ahead of the firework. Ronald couldn't cope with Stephen's mental prowess... just facts!

    • @GordonCockfield-js7gt
      @GordonCockfield-js7gt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      people say poncey Hendry declined from the early 2000s, but I think that is false.
      It's just that at the beginning of the 2000s, a new generation of extremely talented players emerged, not to mention the fact that Ronnie continued to progress enormously from the years 2002-2003 and after.
      It wasn't Hendry who declined, it was just the adversity that was too much for him.
      And let's face it, in the years of Hendry's reign, there was no great adversity facing him. If there were today's players back in Hendry's heyday, he would have won far fewer titles.
      Hendry is no Ronnie a far better player than Hendry.and Hendry will be the first to say it
      There is no question Ronnie O'Sullivan is the greatest 🐐

    • @GordonCockfield-js7gt
      @GordonCockfield-js7gt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @elmondo-pj6kk
      Read irrefutable facts! Not your simp feeelings
      Hendry could not live with Ronnie. That's a snooker fact!
      9-4 to Ronnie against Hendry in finals...9-8 to Ronnie against Hendry in Semi Finals..4-4 in QF.. 30 -21 to the GOAT Ronnie against Hendry Head To Head.
      2004/8 WSC Semi Finals says all you need o know about Hendry
      Ronnie tore new ones for hendry 17-4 17-6 Facts! ! Hilarious!
      Only one GOAT Ronnie 🐐

    • @user-uc6vs9wf5b
      @user-uc6vs9wf5b 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      True. Stephen had the mental powers no other players has come close to. Only player to win 9 tournaments in the same season. Only to win all the majors in the same season twice. The greatest player of all time. Still holds records today never be broken. Played the highest quality of snooker in history in a UK. The UNDISPUTED GOAT Stephen Hendry 🐐🏳️‍🌈🌈🍀♥️🍀🌈🏳️‍🌈🌈🍀♥️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🌈

    • @user-uc6vs9wf5b
      @user-uc6vs9wf5b 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Bless her. Irish is so wound 🤣🤣🤣🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈♥️🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

    • @user-uc6vs9wf5b
      @user-uc6vs9wf5b 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀 The pride brigade from Ireland got owned ironically on the GOATS Stephen Hendry Cue Tips channel 🍀🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

  • @Clyde44
    @Clyde44 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You still got it Stephen. I could have listened to you talking about your career for hours. I remember being a massive Jimmy fan but I always respected how you played. Your will and desire to win were supreme and as much as I loved Jimmy I was a fan of yours too as the years went by. I hope you do get back to the Crucible for one last time as a player. I also want to thank you for meeting with me after your comms at the UK Championship last year (Zhang vs Vafaei. You even agreed to a photograph which was something I was very grateful for. Thanks again for the content and keep it going!

  • @chrischapman2879
    @chrischapman2879 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Loved watching you with my dad as 90s kid. Go well. 😊

  • @paulclements6315
    @paulclements6315 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Everyone in Scotland loved it when Stephen was winning everything. Before Hendry, Scotland had been absolutely shit at snooker so to then utterly dominate the sport was amazing. The fact that his constant winning meant some folks (especially outside Scotland) didn't like him made the winning all the sweeter. Absolute legend.

  • @TJG31301
    @TJG31301 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I'm another that certainly wasn't your biggest fan as a player but wow-how that as changed now. Your punditry, co-commentary and personality....Absolutely brilliant 👍👍

    • @YesOkayButWhy
      @YesOkayButWhy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm the same. He was like a "so good he's the bad guy" character, to me when I was a kid (born in 1990). He's obviously a great lad as well as having been on of snooker's best talents.

    • @YesOkayButWhy
      @YesOkayButWhy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      *one of

  • @doctornovocalcords
    @doctornovocalcords 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was just great, thanks! Totally different than what you'd usually expect from the channel, and so engaging and honest. Right up there with your absolute best videos (a lot to choose from but hard to beat the Steve Davis interview)

  • @ads998
    @ads998 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That was awesome Stephen. I could have listened to that for hours! I'm a very late snooker adopter (only started a few years ago, and I'm the same age as Ronnie), but your content is the best there is and you'll always be the GOAT for me 👍

  • @user-yx2vi6db9t
    @user-yx2vi6db9t 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Stephen Hendry will always be the greatest snooker player for me. Most consistent player & youngest ever World Champion 🐐

    • @alanchamberlain9902
      @alanchamberlain9902 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ronnie is a better player could also argue guys like Judd/Selby play to a higher standard than Hendry did.

    • @alanchamberlain9902
      @alanchamberlain9902 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cone78omdiaco21 He really wouldn’t do Selby beat Higgins, Ronnie, Ding and Murphy all in finals. Selby scored as heavy as Hendry and has a way better tactical game. Selby won 4 World titles in the last 10 years.

    • @alanchamberlain9902
      @alanchamberlain9902 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@puladogaver546 Ronnie was 19 in 1995 a kid. Ronnie didn’t come of age till 2000/01 and how many times did Hendry beat him after that?

    • @AbdullahIbrahimHassan
      @AbdullahIbrahimHassan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cone78omdiaco21 Did not revert to safety lol. What a way to big up your hero Hendry. He wont have a place to hide in todays standards. Its too high for Hendry. When he was washed up by 30...1999-2012 Won nothing for 12 years except a malta open. Wont be top 10 today!

    • @stupidknut2138
      @stupidknut2138 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A comment guaranteed to get the Ronnie bots foaming at the mouth

  • @gav2759
    @gav2759 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    May Day holiday in the 90s was always the same. "Hendry wins again"... Loved it.

    • @mrdog4529
      @mrdog4529 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, my childhood memories of May Bank Holiday weekend are my parents putting together something from IKEA while I watched Hendry vs White on the TV :D

  • @joshrankin4017
    @joshrankin4017 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Top video and fast becoming my favourite TH-cam channel. It’s because of you I’ll be in Manchester watching the Tour Championship this week and then hopefully signing up at my local club soon after. Keep it coming

  • @paulsouthwell9598
    @paulsouthwell9598 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Awesome, Stephen.. really enjoyed that. Great channel too, love the all the videos. keep em coming!

  • @jackfarnham5648
    @jackfarnham5648 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Love the videos at the moment, watching religiously🫡❤️

  • @patrickcrowther9195
    @patrickcrowther9195 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Stephen and I are almost exactly the same age. I was a huge fan of the man the world knew as The Nugget, and remember my teenage depression following his defeats to Taylor and Johnson. Then three years of joy, then along came this young whipersnapper called Hendry who started winning everything. I couldn't dislike him because you'd have to be a fool not to recognise his enormous talent, but Davis was my hero and I didn't like seeing him getting beat. In the coming years I warmed to Hendry and regarded him as the best player ever to hold a cue. And it is fantastic to see what an engaging chap he is now that he can relax more and just enjoy being a legend of the game.

    • @slayer5097
      @slayer5097 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ditto

    • @YesOkayButWhy
      @YesOkayButWhy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@slayer5097
      Dittohead?

  • @01ianca
    @01ianca 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You are still the very best snooker player I have ever seen

  • @danielkarmy4893
    @danielkarmy4893 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It feels like a farewell, and it feels as if you feel the time is right for that. I know a lot of people have been waiting for it and said you shouldn't have returned at all, but it's been a pleasure to see you in action again over the last three years. If we do see you again, whichever tournament it might be will be richer for having your name on the drawsheet. If not, thank you for all you've given to this sport as a player.

  • @caczter
    @caczter 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    absolutely wonderful insight from a legend, this channel is class, it has actually made me go to a club and start to play for the first time.

  • @bonkersbeast
    @bonkersbeast 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That was a magnificent episode

  • @zaheer12a
    @zaheer12a 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My dad was a fan of you and I started watching snooker with him. I remember watching you win your 7th and the final against Ebdon. It was way past my bedtime, but I had to see it to the end. You're a legend of the sport and my snooker hero. Thanks Stephen!

  • @danlewis-leaver8247
    @danlewis-leaver8247 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have always loved Stephen Hendry. Absolute legend

  • @joshbro99k96
    @joshbro99k96 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Loved this. Very honest and enthralling to listen to.

  • @nortski78
    @nortski78 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Loved this, absolutely fascinating!

  • @peeterspatrick68
    @peeterspatrick68 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    you are the reason I watched snooker, and started playing. I was very poor at it, but always kept interest in the sport. Since you there have been many great players, and as a belgian I obviously have to support Luca, who can play brilliant snooker from time to time. For me you will always be the greatest ! Keep making your video's please, really enjoy watching them

    • @Delphiwizard
      @Delphiwizard 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good to see other Belgians out there

  • @oktfg
    @oktfg 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Been enjoying your videos. Great channel. You’re still killing it and winning, just in a different format.

  • @JasonStowers
    @JasonStowers 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I see you in Folkestone the other week
    Thanks for signing my cue tips top
    It's in a frame

  • @TheAndoid
    @TheAndoid 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That was fascinating, thanks for sharing with us 🙂

  • @phillace
    @phillace 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely brilliant video , Stephen , you have accomplished things in your career that other professional players would dream of , well done for that , and now you have a brilliant platform here for people like me who followed you to see the man behind the snooker mask and enjoy (nearly) as much as watching you win !!!

  • @itsmygame99
    @itsmygame99 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video Stephen; honest & straight from the hip commentary….like some of your shots tonight! Great channel.

  • @adamwoodtfsid3415
    @adamwoodtfsid3415 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Could listen/watch videos like this for hours and not get bored. To get this kind of content for free also without paying for any sort of subscription is an absolute treat

  • @macmac9284
    @macmac9284 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great stuff

  • @donovanreimer2324
    @donovanreimer2324 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was so good. Heard much of the detail in the past. More of this with little unknown anecdotes and good detail please. Just watching the practice like this and the monologue is terrific.

  • @firminshepherd4834
    @firminshepherd4834 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great stuff, refreshingly open. Such a legend!

  • @johnyeomans9335
    @johnyeomans9335 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Stephens always gonna make light of it but he was a pure animal, he was my childhood hero and the reason I play snooker. Fact be told he was, is and always will be the king of snooker simple as. In his prime he whooped Ronnie and J.Higgins multiple times. Sorry if others don’t agree but he is the greatest legend of our beautiful sport

    • @lf67hh28
      @lf67hh28 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Agree, he had the highest peak of any player to play the game.

    • @user-fx4ml4ms4q
      @user-fx4ml4ms4q 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not true! CPFR 6.59%. Go figure
      @@lf67hh28

    • @mikescorpio13
      @mikescorpio13 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@lf67hh28 exactly how i explain it to other simping over Sullivan or Selby.At his peak Stephen Hendry was the most dominant and played the most close to perfection snooker.He is the GOAT for that reason.

    • @mikescorpio13
      @mikescorpio13 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @user-gu5op8oc4i wth is that ridiculous statistic number hahaha no one among the best player in the world could touch him at his peak.He was the last level Boss no one is able to beat for 10 years.Anyways arguiong with simps is a waste of clicking.

    • @mikescorpio13
      @mikescorpio13 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @WayneAnthonyHolmes-fq1rp go read his Wikipedia then argue.....

  • @gerrymoore463
    @gerrymoore463 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video again, Stephen. Always admired your winning mentality. Really enjoyed seeing you in Goffs, Ireland recently

  • @NathanGlass95
    @NathanGlass95 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Could have watched this for another few hours, very chilled ambience to it and feels like you're down the club having a chat a knock and a chat with him. Great stories and insight into the mind of a competitive, winning machine. Nice one, Stephen!

  • @oisinmorris147
    @oisinmorris147 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Get Graeme Dott on

  • @sambagogo777
    @sambagogo777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Sad to hear that many pros nowadays don't practice at clubs. Can't blame them though because it must be extremely annoying when being interrupted by every self-centred prick with a smartphone wanting a selfie.

    • @roadtonowhere497
      @roadtonowhere497 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I played at mark Williams club often and played on the table next to him and nobody bothered him

  • @Seaby41
    @Seaby41 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome. Thanks fella. I really love to hear people talk about what made them. I am quite happy to listen to Hendry on Hendry on a regular basis. Just Hendry and the Table smacking balls in tellin us stories.
    There is something really satisfying about watching those balls go in one after another, the sounds, the feeling. The awe of the skill maybe.
    That can't get a win on the tour apparently but. I'd still love to see him get back out there competing seriously. Hendry is also that interesting story of the fine line that it is at the top. People talk about Tyson still being terrfying etc but remember when he lost his edge he was getting floored by absolute nobodies. He was still an animal but all of those guys are. It's more a testament to how great you have to be to dominate like that. People treat the also rans like jokes but they are streets ahead of the average person. Even to get a sniff of professional play you have to be a bit special. It isn't all good necessarily and the closer to the top the better/worse it gets. In the words of the Red Mamba, consider a universal jokes by casual idiots on their couch, 'I'm closer to Lebron than you are to me'.
    Anyway. I'm fascinated by the whole story. What makes peolpe great, why peole fail, why great people fail etc. To be able to listen to someone like Hendry like this talk, unhindered by some idiot Corporate Media agena is great (obviously there's a bit of production going on here at like our mate Joe Rogan he has had a lot time in the regular media before doing this). Like you are in the room with him as he practices just talking about his life. Then you get Ronnie, Robertson or some other sports legend who just loves snooker in there having a game a chat and a game and you get to sit in like one of their mates while it happens.
    Love it. Give me more... Harder, faster. No. I think we're at a stage where we can be a little more intimate.. romantic. Just keep it up. I'm open to Hendry on the Golf Course with Golf Pros also... could be a thing. It's still a cue tip all these things crossover and into life too which is perhaps the most important

  • @SuperMarc281
    @SuperMarc281 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Absolutely love your videos. I’ve always watched snooker since the early 90s. I watched them with my great Nan all those years ago and we loved watching yourself and Jimmy White.

  • @andrewjohnston-jl3rg
    @andrewjohnston-jl3rg 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    English posted 19 times last night on about ten accounts. All fake profiles. He posts at least 20 times a day. Not comments posts. He's posted over 300 times in two weeks. Still setting up accounts. His new fake profile is called Charlotte GayMcnair. Easily the most triggered upset person on the internet! Ronnie O'Sullivan will always be our greatest player 🐐

    • @user-uc6vs9wf5b
      @user-uc6vs9wf5b 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This makes no sense as a post when it's a comment. Irish still has no idea at his age on how to operate TH-cam lol

    • @user-uc6vs9wf5b
      @user-uc6vs9wf5b 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If you're nice to Ronnie O'Sullivan he'll let you hold his hand at the Ronnie O'Sullivan shop and even give you a golden ticket you sad man 🤣🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🍀

    • @user-uc6vs9wf5b
      @user-uc6vs9wf5b 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      IRISH is the weirdest guy on the internet. Shouldn't be on TH-cam 👍

    • @user-uc6vs9wf5b
      @user-uc6vs9wf5b 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Anonymous Irish weirdo

    • @user-yx2vi6db9t
      @user-yx2vi6db9t 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Your fake profile is 1 week old. We all know it's you Irish. Sado 👍

  • @bluedan1873
    @bluedan1873 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the channel and great video. You were always my snooker hero growing up and the classics against Jimmy I an still remember.

  • @alphamore3554
    @alphamore3554 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never got to watch you play, so hearing you walk through your career made for a great listen.

  • @stigguevara8250
    @stigguevara8250 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Remember watching you on Scotsport one Sunday afternoon. Prob about 16 you were. Followed you ever since. You owned the Crucible in the 90's. Amazing to watch your career!

  • @jakhaughton1800
    @jakhaughton1800 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The day you stopped dominating the circuit your true personality emerged. It’s horrible to say but the yipps gave the snooker loving public a legend of the sport with an honest and straightforward opinion plus the true Stephen’s like ability came to the fore. I’m an avid watcher of your Cue Tips channel but you must, must have a golfing channel. Keep being the new you mate.

  • @be8254
    @be8254 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Stephen, you were my hero growing up. Your mindset has inspired me, and I'm glad your doing what you're doing now. If you ever need piped in to anything it would be a privilege. Your determination and grit was second to none. Please get back competing.

  • @Theo-ul8qm
    @Theo-ul8qm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved this one! Could listen to Steven talk about his career for a lot longer than this!

  • @reference12
    @reference12 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Stephen Hendry is definitely a sporting hero of mine. I would love to see cue tips inspire one last herculean effort to succeed for WT number 8, but if not, I'm just glad I witnessed the run in the 90's, epic.

  • @minnyh
    @minnyh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was mesmerised - thanks for that - brilliant!!!!!

  • @greenGaming_uk
    @greenGaming_uk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You was the one I was rooting for I followed you right from the start, you have been one of the greatest players in the world. Love to see you back at the top but you have nothing to prove you did it all

  • @ravivarman2020
    @ravivarman2020 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another great video by SH. Enjoyable account of his journey

  • @neilmckinnon5851
    @neilmckinnon5851 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Classic Club in Dunfermline, loved it there. Great channel, really enjoyed your video today, keep them coming!

  • @williammartin6528
    @williammartin6528 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really enjoyed this Stephen. Thanks for your insight.

  • @dalerayner2127
    @dalerayner2127 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another great video. Watching you there you wouldn't know you still have the 'yips', was smooth AF 😊

  • @jamiec2981
    @jamiec2981 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was absolutely brilliant! Great episode Stephen

  • @rorybeanz
    @rorybeanz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Favourite video you've done. Amazing.

  • @bobmcdougall988
    @bobmcdougall988 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great channel and content.
    Enjoyed watching you right from you turning pro and all the way through the 90s where you totally dominated the game.
    Keep the vids coming they are awesome

  • @jasonthrower354
    @jasonthrower354 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Stephen i couldnt agree with u more, my mother was barmaid in local snooker club when i was age 6-16 ish , it became my home and i loved growing up there, once i got fairly good and in my teens and playing snooker and pool all the time, just having the local members watching me play while they were on the fruit machine like i did them as a kid, made me focus and practise on my own so much more seriously, a table at home wouldnt have been the same club atmosphere or effort/concentration from myself

  • @muneebkamal3564
    @muneebkamal3564 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a great champion you are we have grown up watching your posters in and outside every snooker club in Pakistan in the 90s

  • @gerardmoran
    @gerardmoran 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I watched some raw footage of 9/11 before I watched this video, and had been saying to my friends how I couldn't get over the impact 9/11 had. I didn't expect Stephen to mention how it directly affected his success with what happened his cue. Great video, so down to earth

  • @JakeLongworth
    @JakeLongworth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your channel Stephen!
    The period of dominance you had over Snooker will never be matched during your prime.
    Weirdly I was one of the people hoping Ebdon beat you in 2002 cause I was always bought up to root for the underdog...
    Still feel if you didn't lose your original cue on that flight we might be looking at 10+ worlds.
    One of, if not the best to ever do it. Keep the amazing content coming!

  • @obyafy1
    @obyafy1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for telling the amazing story...it's very inspiring and lots lessons to be learned from it for snooker and off snooker table ❤❤

  • @user-hu3cx5xu5t
    @user-hu3cx5xu5t 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ruthless at his best. Took break-building to the next level. The most dominant player there has ever been. Unfortunately his attacking play when combined with a slight loss in consistency that comes with ageing, his disregard for safety, the general standard improving and the dreaded “yips” meant he didn’t have the longevity of others. But at his best, what a player!

  • @heffo67
    @heffo67 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The 27mins just flew by. Really enjoyed that, thank you!

  • @samkinsville6354
    @samkinsville6354 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Absolutely fantastic. Best so far by far

  • @paulstone3209
    @paulstone3209 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love your channel, hated you beating Steve !!! You should do a vid at the classic snooker centre, a trip down memory lane

  • @Jim-gx6um
    @Jim-gx6um 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Met Stephen Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor at skeggy week couple weeks ago had great nite Stephen still a brilliant player thanks for coming to are area fellas

  • @HandymanService-wy4xq
    @HandymanService-wy4xq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the chat, enjoyed it

  • @matm4331
    @matm4331 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I recently spoke with a 85 yr old retired Major League Baseball Pitcher (I live in USA) and he said the key to becoming the best at anything comes down to one word...Obsession. From your story, it sounds like it was the same for you. Once the obsession faded, so did your game. Your career is something to be very proud of and thanks so much for sharing the sport on this channel!

  • @1965deebee
    @1965deebee 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video….and very informative….. what a career Stephen had…..exceptional…👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @Shrug02
    @Shrug02 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thoroughly enjoyed this video and retrospective on one of the greatest sporting careers ever. Thanks.

  • @kkhera3730
    @kkhera3730 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved this, love this incredible channel and I was a Jimmy fan 😅

  • @johnpaulporrelli6208
    @johnpaulporrelli6208 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember years ago, delivering a fresh set of chairs to the club where you practised in Scotland. And it just so happened you were practising at the time. Very cool to see you In person And play live.

  • @TBWSport
    @TBWSport 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love this one Stephen. I don't know if you or your team get to read the comments but could you give us your perspective on the history of the game and maybe a thought on the top players of the time Joe and Fred Davis onward and the greatest matches/games you have heard or seen. And possibly the difference the equipment has made over that time. If you could show us how the old ivory balls reacted that would be interesting. Really enjoying the channel.

  • @seanmoloney832
    @seanmoloney832 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really enjoyed the insight, great video.

  • @catweasle5737
    @catweasle5737 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow, that 27 minutes went fast. Love this channel. From Tasmania.

  • @dazjackson1972
    @dazjackson1972 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved snooker as a kid, but never really had the talent to go much beyond the occasional 40 break.
    My greatest triumph was getting an 18 break against Mike Hallett aged 11 at Filey Butlins. 😂.
    Great content Stephen, really enjoying your videos 👍