The story of history’s most successful snooker player began in 1981, when Stephen Hendry’s parents gave their twelve-year-old son a junior-sized table being a Christmas present. As soon as he picked up the cue, he was focused on becoming the very best player the globe had ever seen. During a period thought to be the golden age of the sport, he required on and earned against giants of the overall game, such as for example Steve Davis, ‘Hurricane’ Higgins and Jimmy Light. More than a 27-yr career, he received the World Tournament seven about Me and the Desk – My Autobiography times, the Experts six occasions and the UK Championship five moments.

In Me and the Table, Hendry tells his extraordinary life tale for the very first time. He speaks candidly about the world of snooker in the 1980s and ’90s, and in addition reflects over the difficult years of his profession through the 2000s, when he had to delve deeper than ever before to effect a result of changes in both his video game and his life. Hendry retired in 2012 and offers forged a fresh profession as a sports pundit and commentator, playing in exhibition matches and spending time in China, playing Chinese language eight-ball. Even today, no one offers beaten his seven Globe Champion titles. At last, the tale tells his tale.

‘Snooker, for many its fluctuations, is definitely my sanctuary and generally provides been. Whenever I’ve experienced disappointed, stressed out, or swept up in an emergency, the table has always been there for me personally, comforting and unchanging.’