Sonny wrote: He didn't look that thrilled to being inteviewed by Andy Goldstein if you ask me.
Important to note that Sonny.
There was a real tension there that made me think if someone said "
Shanghai" someone might get "Hurricaned".
I think Ron is too honest or maybe just incapable of hiding himself or his feelings either in what he does or does not do or say or not say. In that way he is more honestly "himself" than many of us are willing or able to be and I appreciate that makes people feel uncomfortable, especially the fools he does not suffer glady
[ as they say ].
Speaking of "fools"...
People who selfishly expect that "their" Stars, Heroes, Gods, Figureheads, etc. owe them anything are not just fools, they act like foolish children in a sweetshop, denied.
In this case O'Sullivan wasn't put here or developed here on earth for "my" pleasure and entertainment alone.
He has shared his unique gifts with me, with us all, for all kinds of personal reasons.
His reasons.
For that I feel damned lucky and so appreciative. If he chooses
not to do that for personal reasons, whatever they may be, how can I fail to understand that... I am not a child, I am an adult.
No one can fault O'Sullivan on his unique talents, on his Gods of Snooker accomplishments, on his commitment to the sport we all love. He has earned and added an essential value to Snooker. That old "
No one's bigger than the sport itself" sounds a little dated, out of touch and wishful when considering the real impact of players like Tiger Woods and Ronnie O'Sullivan.
ROS had contributed so much already and has so much more he can accomplish before he retires to grow tomato plants... and that day will be coming
too soon...is it too much in return to give the man some "space" when needed?
=o\
Noel