Ronnie is the greatest player to have ever picked up a snooker cue. People have said that about me. But although I won 50 or so tournaments I never picked up the world championship. That was a little bit of a disappointment.

Ding has a fantastic all-round game. His temperament is also at a very high level.

If Ding keeps performing the way he has been doing then it is inevitable the World Championship will go to his country.

Believe me, I feel the same way now about snooker as I did when I was 13.

I've had my dark days, but I wasn't really a hell-raiser as such.

I got to 16st when it became painful for me to walk.

Snooker lifted me out of depression.

If I ever leave home without my insoles, I send someone for them because after a day the pain starts to return.

Within a day of wearing the insoles, my feet felt more comfortable, and a week later I was able to go for walks, play golf, and play football with my son, which I hadn't for years. The insole is sculpted to the foot and manipulates it into the correct position, preventing damage to the plantar fascia tissue.

The Queen is a true professional and calmly pinned my MBE on.

I have only prepared properly for the World Championship three or four times in my life. If I had gone about it professionally I would have won the title 10 times.

Snooker is not like boxing or football - you can go on longer.

My eyes are fine.

I love life.

Testicular cancer occurs in young men, just the people who don't bother much about their health.

In the past I'd lose and not talk for a few days. I'd become strange. Difficult to live with.

Ronnie Wood's my good mate, I'm godfather to his twins.

Everyone wants to be with someone.

I have been tamed. My party days are well and truly behind me.

I had such fun, even though I can't remember much.

If you're playing the best of 19, and it's 7-7 and there's only five frames left, you tend to take a few more chances.

I did abuse the game a bit because I didn't give it the respect sometimes.

I've always been one of the best players with the rest but I'd rather be able to reach the shot without it.

It sounds strange to be world champion at the Crucible.

I like visiting new places where the game is opening up.

Northern Ireland as a whole is a great snooker country because of Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor and now of course there is Mark Allen. It's a hotbed of snooker and a place where our sport is always well supported.

It meant so much to me lifting the Alex Higgins Trophy at Goffs.

Alex Higgins was my hero, so to play in Belfast, at the superb Waterfront Hall, is very special to me.

Definitely, as an Indian, I'm seen as an outsider, and definitely, the jeers come from that. But I enjoy it; I even encourage it. Whatever noise they make when I'm in the ring, it motivates me, drives me to do better.

If I aspire to be the king of WWE, one day if I keep working at it, I will be the king of WWE.

I want to retire, when it's all said and done, as one of the greats.

I think I am the most dominant superstar in WWE.

Mentally, you can't expect positive things to start happening in your life with a negative attitude.

Getting released in 2014 was the best thing that happened to me because I got to regain my focus, regain my pride, and come back as the best-conditioned athlete there is in WWE, which ultimately led me to become the single greatest WWE champion.

We don't want to upset our fans, because that's not what we are here to do.

I behave. I lock myself in my hotel room every night.

I believe that every WWE superstar is in charge, 100 percent, of his own destiny.

Rob Gronkowski cost me the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, and I haven't forgot that.

I had become complacent in WWE when I got released in 2014. I had become unmotivated. I wasn't driven. I was out of shape and just not focussed.

I want to be the IC Champion. I want to be the U.S. Champion. I want to be the tag team champion. I want to hold all the championships.

I haven't read 'The Secret,' but I know what it's about, just having positive energy around you and being positive, and things start happening. I'm really, honestly, a firm believer of this.

I'm really proud to represent both cultures, Canadian and Indian, and hopefully I'm making both countries proud as WWE champion.

You can't just become complacent or lazy, or then the decline happens.

I take a magnesium supplement before my workout because it prevents cramping.

I am first one in the gym, I do cardio before I have breakfast, and I am training hard every day.

There is no food in the world that gives you a better feeling of walking around with veins bulging out, six-pack abs. It's the best feeling in the world.

When I am on 'Raw' and 'Smackdown,' I try to make the best of it.

In order to succeed in WWE, you're responsible. If you put in 100 percent, you get back 100 percent.

One of my goals is definitely to motivate the youth towards sports. Whether it's arts or academics, I just want to let them know that anything is possible. To think that I grew up as a WWE fan and now I'm a WWE champion proves that through hard work anything really is possible.

WWE is growing every day, every week, and every month.