The Best Quotes from the Masters

"That should be exciting... that'll be like pulling teeth. I love Peter really - I just wish he'd hurry up a bit around the table!"
Ronnie can't wait to get his teeth into a meeting with Peter Ebdon.

"I've been playing like a plum for 17 years...I don't think I have the game to win the World or the UK Championship because the table looks 24-foot long sometimes."
Ronnie after losing to Mark Selby in the final.

"They have 12 minutes to play the frame, a 20-second shot clock, ball in hand from fouls and no time to fart."
Barry Hearn as he reveals his plans for a one-frame shoot-out.

Steve Davis: "They didn't look like plants to you?"
Ronnie O'Sullivan: "No, they looked like snooker balls."
After Ronnie beat Mark Williams, following the shot in the last frame where he went into the pack off the blue and two reds went in.

"They'll probably be in the final if they make it."

Ken Doherty talking about Higgins and Ronnie.

"I'd love to see a Parrott doing a penguin."
Dennis Taylor to John Parrott during the O'Sullivan-Robertson match after JP had stated that he was walking like a penguin through the snow earlier in the week.