'I went on a wild bender' - Ronnie O'Sullivan laments having to 'change the way I felt' on snooker circuit

Ronnie O'Sullivan has opened up about the regrets he still holds from being «dependent on changing the way I felt» during his early years on the snooker tour. While the Rocket is now able to look back on a record-equalling seven World Championship titles and a legendary career in the sport, he still rues a few wasted years when he «went on a wild bender» for six years. Ad O'Sullivan, speaking to his good friend and one of his former rivals, Alan McManus, discussed in-depth the issues he encountered for a number of years after his dad went to prison.

The conversation was part of the upcoming two-hour show on discovery+ and Eurosport, Seventh Heaven. Snooker‘He does things that make you go wow!’ – Carragher says O’Sullivan is in his top 3 sporting GOATsA DAY AGO «If I wasn't strong enough to cope with that now, I wouldn't do it,» O'Sullivan told McManus in the feature interview. «If I was going through what I was going through when I won my first world title, there is no way in a million years I would put myself through it.

»But the last 20 years I have found a way of coping with it and being on top of it, and not stressing about it. Don't get me wrong, there are times when, especially this year's [World Championship] I went to places I didn't really want to venture into again, but I knew that it was just a temporary phase. «I was able to notice it and put the brakes on, but yeah, I am a lot better now at just taking it for what it is.

Win, lose or draw, it doesn't really matter, but just keeping it in its right place. »A lot of people say, 'if you had your time again, would you change it?' and yes, I would. I would change quite a lot of things in my life.