Stephen Hendry: I Put Snooker Before Everything, Even Family

The reason why there's so few people can win relentlessly is is they sacrifice even family to get to the you know snooker's my life is number one and that that came first even before my wife, my kids, everything. Obviously they ended to the detriment of my marriage and everything. You know, it was all about me. It's very cold, but it has to be that. For many people, Stephen Hendry is the greatest snooker player who's ever lived.

Seven world titles in nine years, seven in nine years, but Stephen didn't just win. He made winning look inevitable, and losing look impossible. But you know what? Behind that cold, unreadable face was a story of obsession, of sacrifice, of a man who gave everything his social life, his teenage years, even his marriage,

was given away to be the best. So what does it actually take to dominate a sport so completely? Who do you become in the process? And if you had the chance to live all over again, would you still make so many sacrifices for success? This is a fascinating conversation about what high performance can actually cost you.

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