I do everything right-handed - football, tennis, darts and golf - except for snooker.

There is one nickname that my mate wants me to have... it's The Ace. I'm happy for a campaign for people to start calling me that!

I got into pool tournaments when I was five, playing every weekend in competitions. Then one day I started playing snooker. I learnt by practising on my own, repeating the same shots again and again, and watching other players and copying what they did.

I visited a couple of schools where snooker is on the curriculum. They go in everyday and play snooker. In the future, all the top players will be coming from Asia and the Far East.

People see the way I play and the balls I pot and then sometimes think 'how does he miss?'

My self-belief has always been there but it is about managing it the right way.

You have to forget what has gone before, get on with the game and focus on that. You cannot afford to be affected and let things worry you.

Snooker has taken such a step down I am not sure it will recover unless five Ronnie O'Sullivans come along at the same time.

I don't feel people are that interested in snooker any more and the only thing that will get snooker back into the limelight is more controversy.