childhood ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
teenage years ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
and running ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14 see also running hints
as a boy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
joins club ref1, ref2, ref3 see also Woodford Green Athletic Club
to overcome addictions ref1, ref2
first race ref1
and 10k races ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
cross-country races ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
training regime applied to snooker ref1
as an addiction ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
ambition to represent Essex at cross-country ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
wins first 10k race ref1
as an outlet to feel good ref1
while at tournaments ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
heroes ref1
breaks bone in foot ref1
happiness from ref1, ref2
with six best runners in Essex ref1, ref2
wins three races ref1
holiday in France ref1
as antidote for depression ref1
tears calf muscle ref1
sweating problem ref1
drink addiction ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
drug addiction ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
weight problem ref1
drugs tests ref1
being on TV ref1
children see children
wins World Championship (2008) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
relationship with Jo (Langley) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
2007–8 snooker season ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
and being a dad ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
and family ref1, ref2
and Chigwell roots ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
and life of successful sportsmen ref1, ref2, ref3
and practising ref1, ref2
sees counsellor ref1
and religions ref1, ref2
inability to switch off from snooker ref1
splits up with Jo ref1, ref2, ref3
game improves after reading Joe Davis book ref1, ref2
benders after breakup from Jo ref1, ref2
problems with access to children ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
legal costs and maintenance for children ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
depressed over family situation and bad form ref1, ref2, ref3
at China Open tournament ref1, ref2, ref3
loses six first-round matches ref1
decides to change life and buys canal boat to live on ref1
house moves ref1
goes to Families Need Fathers ref1
disciplined by World Snooker ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
suffers from insomnia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
investigative accountant looks at finances ref1
decides to return for 2013 World Championship ref1
and Barry Hearn ref1, ref2, ref3
wins Embassy World Championship (2004) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
and Players Tour Championship (PTC) events ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
and World Snooker contract disagreement ref1, ref2, ref3
wins Premier League ref1, ref2
feels unwell after Sheffield PTC event ref1
diagnosed with glandular fever ref1, ref2
winning German Masters as turning point ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
works with sports psychologist Dr Steve Peters ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
earnings reduce when not winning ref1
lifestyle ref1
and father ref1
playing new generation of players ref1, ref2, ref3
need to reinvent himself ref1, ref2, ref3
in Welsh Open ref1, ref2
and Mark Selby ref1
walks out on Stephen Hendry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
World Championship (2012) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
prepares for ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
World Championship (2012), diary of build-up to ref1
Wednesday 15th ref1
Thursday 7th ref1
Tuesday 24th ref1
Thursday 29th ref1
wins World Championship (2012) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
and Islam ref1
five-point anchor steps ref1
diary for 2012/13 season ref1
and winning World Championship ref1, ref2
ambidextrous playing technique ref1
stress over access to children ref1, ref2, ref3
takes six months off after World Championship ref1, ref2, ref3
misses tournaments ref1, ref2
takes rest of 2012/13
season off ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
daily routine ref1
guilt over not playing ref1
misses playing snooker ref1
works on farm ref1
first plays snooker as boy ref1, ref2
snooker as a life ref1, ref2
wins first pro-am tournament ref1
snooker successes as schoolboy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
father’s influence ref1, ref2, ref3
gambling on fruit machines ref1, ref2
incident at Pontins ref1
at school ref1, ref2, ref3
and news of father’s arrest ref1
and prisons ref1, ref2
love of cooking ref1
and mother’s arrest ref1
with mother as business partners ref1
and father’s release from prison ref1, ref2
tensions with father ref1, ref2, ref3
decides father shouldn’t be at snooker matches ref1
stays at father’s flat ref1
and managing relationships ref1
and sport ref1, ref2
snooker heroes ref1
tennis heroes ref1
Tiger Woods as hero ref1
Phil Taylor as darts hero ref1
Ray Reardon as coaching hero ref1
Antony Genn as rock friend hero ref1
Damien Hirst as artist hero ref1, ref2, ref3
147 break at World Championship (1997) ref1
and corruption in snooker ref1
wins World Championship (2001) ref1, ref2, ref3
offered money to throw matches ref1
training with Tracey ref1, ref2
and straight talkers ref1
plans after retirement from snooker ref1, ref2
ideal diet ref1
cloth over face incident with Mark King ref1, ref2
and shaving head at Sheffield ref1, ref2
wins Masters (2006) ref1
and the ‘famous nosh’ in China ref1, ref2
relationship with World Snooker ref1
winning statistics ref1
character ref1
from Alcoholics Anonymous to Sex Anonymous ref1
realises has addictive personality ref1
finds walking therapeutic after losing driving licence ref1
and the reluctant ref1
break ref1
calls Samaritans when depressed ref1
prescribed anti-depressants ref1, ref2
and Dracula teeth celebration ref1
World Championship (2013) ref1, ref2, ref3
training for ref1, ref2
preparations ref1
semi-final ref1
final ref1
wins ref1
and schools ref1
and paranoid depression ref1, ref2
and ‘whore’s drawers’ expression ref1
and girlfriend Laila ref1
O’Sullivan Snr, Ronnie (father) ref1, ref2, ref3, r
ef4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15
and Ronnie’s younger days ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
murder trial and sentence ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20
Chigwell home ref1, ref2, ref3
released from prison on licence ref1, ref2, ref3
in porn industry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
brothers ref1
influence on Ronnie ref1, ref2, ref3
aspirations as professional footballer ref1, ref2, ref3
phone cards in prison ref1
tensions with Ronnie ref1, ref2, ref3
life after prison ref1, ref2
father and his brothers ref1
Parrott, John ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Pendleton, Victoria ref1, ref2
Perry, Jo ref1
Peter (uncle) ref1
Peters, Dr Steve ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
Pietersen, Kevin ref1
Piriton ref1
Pizzorno, Sergio ref1
Players Tour Championship (PTC) events ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Pontins ref1
Premier League ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Priory, the ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
pro-am tournaments ref1, ref2, ref3
Radcliffe, Paula ref1
‘Real Gone Kid’ ref1
Reardon, Ray ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
as Ronnie’s coaching hero ref1
Regal Welsh tournament ref1
Richards, Keith ref1
Roba, Fatima ref1
‘Robbie, Gay’ (Scottish friend) ref1, ref2
Robertson, Neil ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Rolling Stones, the ref1, ref2
Romford, Academy ref1
Ross (Damien Hirst’s driver) ref1, ref2
Rouass, Laila ref1
running heroes ref1
running hints ref1 see also O’Sullivan, Ronnie: and running
break distances down ref1
listen to your body ref1
run tall ref1
run on balls of feet ref1
give fry-ups a miss ref1
running races, 10k ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Ryanair ref1
Samaritans ref1
Sampras, Pete ref1, ref2
Scouse John (friend) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Scum ref1, ref2
Selby, Mark ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Sex Anonymous ref1
Sheffield ref1
Crucible ref1 see also World Championships entries
Sky cycling team (Team Sky) ref1
Sky TV ref1, ref2, ref3
sleeping aids ref1
snooker
corruption in ref1
heroes ref1
loss of tobacco sponsorship for ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
ranking events ref1, ref2
ranking system, world ref1
technique ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
in the 2000s ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Sotheby’s ref1
Southend 10k race ref1
Southern England cross-country race ref1, ref2
Spitting Image ref1
Sport Life Stories ref1
Stevenage pro-am ref1
Stevens, Matthew ref1
Stilnox ref1
Suárez, Luis ref1
Sudbury prison ref1, ref2
Sun ref1
Syed, Matthew ref1
Sylvia (Damien Hirst’s PA) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Tabb, Michaela ref1
Taylor, Dennis ref1, ref2, ref3
Taylor, Phil ref1, ref2
Taz (Sheffield friend) ref1, ref2
Team Sky ref1
Telford athletics club ref1, ref2, ref3
tennis heroes ref1
Thailand, World Amateur Championship ref1
Thorburn, Cliff ref1, ref2
tobacco sponsorship for snooker, loss of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Tolkien, J.R.R. ref1
Tony (farm worker) ref1, ref2
Tottenham Hotspur FC ref1
Trump, Judd ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Tulu, Deratu ref1
UK Championships ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
2006 ref1, ref2, ref3
2008 ref1, ref2
2011 ref1
Verhaas, Jan ref1, ref2, ref3
Virgo, John ref1, ref2, ref3
Walker, Rodney ref1
Ward, Jason ref1, ref2
Weatheridge, Nick ref1
Webb, David ref1
Welsh Open ref1, ref2
Werbeniuk, Bill ref1
White, Jimmy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
as Ronnie’s hero ref1, ref2
Whitman, Walt ref1
Wiggins, Sir Bradley ref1, ref2
Williams, John ref1
Williams, Mark ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Williams, Serena ref1
Williams, Venus ref1
Winstone, Ray ref1
Wood, Jamie ref1
Wood, Jo ref1, ref2
Wood, Ronnie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Woodford Green Athletic Club ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Woods, Tiger ref1, ref2
World Amateur Championship ref1
World Championships ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
1997 ref1
2001 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
2002 ref1
2004 ref1, ref2, ref3
2005 ref1
2008 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
2009 ref1
2011 ref1, ref2
2012 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8 see also O’Sullivan, Ronnie: World Championship (2012) entries
2013 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8 see also O’Sullivan, Ronnie: World Championship (2013)
drug tests ref1
final, TV audience for ref1
points awarded for winning ref1
prize money ref1, ref2
World Open ref1
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association ref1
world ranking system ref1
World Snooker Ltd ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
contract with Ronnie ref1, ref2, ref3
Ronnie’s relationship with ref1
Wozniacki, Caroline ref1
Wrekin, the ref1
York, UK Championship (2006) ref1, ref2, ref3
YouTube ref1, ref2
Zolpidem ref1
Me when I was little Ronnie and Dad … Dad has been a powerful presence in my life … and a powerful absence. When he went down for murder, I was in pieces.
Me and Mum … When we went into business together, I said to Mum, whatever I earn and whatever you earn we’ll pool together.
With Stephen Hendry back in 1996 when we both looked like kids … for me, Hendry is the greatest player ever. When we fell out it hurt, but it was my fault. (Louisa Buller/PA)
2004 … winning the World Championship and celebrating with a pair of Dracula teeth. Everyone thought it was a tribute to Ray ‘Dracula’ Reardon, but I’d promised my mate Scouse John I’d stick ’em in if I ever won the World again. (Rui Vieira/PA)
Me with six-time world champion Ray Reardon … I love Ray, he’s the funniest man I ever met and a great coach, but I started playing too cautiously. (Trevor Smith Photography)
The great snooker cover-up … 2005, UK Championship, I put the wet towel over my head because I couldn’t bear watching Mark King play. (Eric Whitehead)
Giving Lil a kiss after winning the World Championship in
2008 – my third world title, and a lovely feeling. (Getty)
Me and the trophy in 2008. I was so gaunt everyone asked if I was ill, but I was just super fit. (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
Me and little Ronnie in 2012. To go from barely seeing the kids to having my little boy sharing that moment with me was just perfect. It couldn’t get any better. (Getty)
Me and little Ronnie 2013. What a way to cap off the craziest year in my snooker life. After my self-imposed exile, I came back and won the World Championship for the fifth time. (Rex)
Me, Sylvia, Damien and little Ron partying after I won the 2013 Worlds – Sylv is Damien’s assistant and part of the gang.
Me and Damien Hirst, giving the world the finger. He makes me look almost civilised!
Running … my religion, my belief system, my way of keeping calm. (Mel Fordham)
Me and my personal trainer Tracey Alexandrou … she’s a brilliant athlete and has been a constant in my life. Tracey gives it me straight. If I’m not fit, she won’t pretend otherwise.
At the farm … I loved working there during my year away from snooker, but cleaning out the pigsties didn’t half put me off my ham. (Tom Jenkins)
On my way to victory in the Lactic Rush assault course … it was bloody murder, but I was determined, especially after I heard one fella shout out to his mate, ‘You can’t let a snooker player beat you.’ (Mel Fordham)
Running in Birmingham with the great Ethiopian Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m gold medallist Tirunesh Dibaba. She couldn’t believe the miles I was putting in. (Alan Walter)
Me, Chris Davies, his family and friends. They promised me I’d do my PB in France and I did.
Me and Chris Davies and his wife Amanda in France. All the family are incredible runners, and I loved the fact that I became part of their extended family. Happy days.
At Woodford Green athletics club with Alan Rugg, Barry Elwell, Bernadine Pritchett and Terry McCarthy … none of them cared that I played snooker, and most of them didn’t even know. They just accepted me as a runner. (Tom Jenkins)
Me, Chris Davies’s dad Terry and his mum Lyn in France … we were staying in a hotel for £18 a night, running every day, eating pizzas, talking about running, and I thought I’d cracked life.
Love this pic … me, Lil and little Ronnie. Everything that makes life worthwhile. I took my year off the game to make sure I could get quality time with the kids.
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