Snooker King O'Sullivan easily beat Lenny in the first lap of the British Open, and after the game he talked about his retirement plan, hoping to play three more World Championships and hang up the bat, and then embark on a grand farewell journey for fans around the world. It was not the first time that he had expressed his resignation, but this time he had very bluntly stated the sad reason that he had not yet retreated.
One of the best snooker players of all time, who began to feel alienated from snooker 7 years ago, said in an interview with British media, "When you are fully engaged, you see every competition as a major event, I used to be eager to win everything, and now I am completely detached." "I stopped being interested in winning and became just playing and playing, treating snooker as a vacation and enjoying everywhere I went." ”
He believes that the chances of rekindling the old fire of the year for victory are slim, and even has set a road map for retirement, "If I can play 3 more World Championships, the goal is to play at least 3 more World Championships." I was 49 years old at the time, and maybe it was the right time (to retire) and focus on other things. ”
He stepped into the 46-year-old at the end of this year, and there are only 3 years left before the date of retirement in his mind, but he predicted that that day may be sooner or later, "If I can still play, it is good to get a little result, otherwise I will not play again." "He doesn't want to get into embarrassment when he loses his competitiveness completely one day," I don't want to be jet-lagged enough to be questioned: Why is he still playing? ”
On the day of his retirement, O'Sullivan said he would not immediately quit the snooker world, but hoped to hold a grand farewell tour exhibition match, "I may spend two to three years after retiring for a universal farewell match, just for the fans to play snooker, it is also a farewell, I will enjoy it." 」 ”
Snooker was once everything about O'Sullivan, he has always been amazing, he does not deny it, currently only regard snooker as a job, even if he still has the strength to play at a high level, the heart to compete with the top players has long been lost, threatening: "My heart is long gone", and do not forget to rub his teeth, "even if you can only have occasional performance, it is still enough to become the world's top 8 golfers." ”
"I'm just a great exhibition player and I'm not prepared to keep digging into it like Selby did. I don't care about snooker anymore, and there's no one in the world who I aspire to be. Standing at the top of the snooker arena for many years, O'Sullivan may have been cold in the highs, and even bluntly said that he still hadn't retreated, all because "the manager said that I would be more likely to receive advertisements if I continued to play the aosh."
The six-time world champion declared, "I don't have to prove myself anymore, there's nothing in Snooker that excites me." That hunger and thirst and desire had long since been lost, and 7 or 8 years ago I had decided that snooker was no longer something I was embracing with all my might. ”
At that time, it continued to play because Snooker found a new positioning, "at least I tried to see it as a job, even if I lost, I wouldn't be frustrated, and I wouldn't be particularly excited about winning." 」 Play well is good, even if you don't play well, just take a shower early, it's not too bad. Rocket's words seem sad, but O'Sullivan was once too involved in the snooker business, deeply troubled by emotional problems, and now the normal state of mind is nothing more than a good thing for him personally. From the perspective of the fans, I only hope that he can enjoy the game in the future days, and continue to play the golden ball that everyone will remember for the rest of his player career.