Ken Doherty

in their 50s and you say why it's not a physical game but mentally concentration wise and being able to go into the snooker club even though Mark Williams says he doesn't but even to put the errors in the practice to keep up with the young guys coming through it's so so difficult you know and these guys were able to do it and still being at the top of the game in their 50s quite incredible you know when you look back on

I mean, my best years would have been nearly 20 years ago, you know?

Stephen Hendry, his last World Championship was when he was 30, you know?

And he was sort of done by the time he was 35.

John Parrott, you know, some of the others as well.

Jimmy White, you know?

But these guys have continued to push the boundaries.

And still able to play under pressure as well, because as you get a bit older, you get more nervous as well.

So you have to deal with that and cope with that.

Yeah, I think so.

I think it does get a lot harder as you get older, you know.

I've been lucky that I played a game that I loved and to reach the top of it and to have your name on that cup because it's not easy to win.

I've been fortunate to be able to achieve that, you know.

Yeah, I mean, it was...

Yeah, I mean, you know, but it's exhilarating because, you know, you're just, you're in the thick of it.

You're on the precipice of trying to win that world championship again and playing Mark Williams.

You know, I was, in fact, I was like in that final, I was 10-2 down to him, you know, and it came all the way back to 12-all and then I couldn't get ahead of him.

He went 13-12, 13-0, 14-34.

You know, I just could not get ahead of him.

And, yeah,