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I wouldn’t have hurt as many people, and I would have thought more before speaking.
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I would go back to when I was 14 and keep to my own style of playing snooker. I was perfect, but I didn’t think I was, so I started playing like everybody else and created bad habits. With a little more time, I could have been the ultimate player. I look at my career and I probably got 75% out of it instead of 100%.
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I would have spent more time with my parents. I did see them often, but you don’t realise how much you’ll miss someone or something until it’s gone.
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I would really love to know my parents as an adult. I lost my dad when I was 14 and my mum when I was 20.
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That they think they know it all.
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