'Winners win, losers lose. End of story' - Ronnie O'Sullivan questions mindset of players

Ronnie O’Sullivan has called into question the mindset of certain players, saying too many are seeking to be good aesthetically as opposed to adopting the mentality of a winner. O’Sullivan is the most successful player in the history of the game, and arguably the greatest to pick up a cue, so is qualified to offer an opinion on the subject of winning tournaments. Ad/> Ali Carter is in the quarter-finals of the Welsh Open, and told Eurosport that his form dipped after a break earlier in the campaign.

Welsh Open‘Wow!’ – O’Sullivan laughs as white somehow misses the pack to end break15 HOURS AGO O’Sullivan questioned the notion of the break in the calendar, and suggested it was a case of players looking for excuses for not winning. “Strange as there is no breaks in the calendar,” O’Sullivan said in the Eurosport studio in Newport. Neal Foulds stepped in to say: “There was a break of six to eight weeks.” To which O’Sullivan replied: «That is not a break to me, that is a bit of time out that you need.

“I don’t get this break, I am really baffled by it. “They are looking for excuses, I think, on why they are not getting performances. “I am being very harsh, but it is the same for everyone.

There’s lots of tournaments, lots of matches, and no-one should not be not fresh. “If you take six weeks out you may be rusty for a couple of tournaments. “I took a year out and won the World Championship, played one match.