“I grew up in south London and spent most of my adolescence in the snoo...” — Jimmy White Quote

“I grew up in south London and spent most of my adolescence in the snooker halls of the area, turning professional at 17.”

“I have been tamed. My party days are well and truly behind me.”

“I did abuse the game a bit because I didn't give it the respect sometimes.”

“I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces.”

“One's teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us.”

“What laughter is to childhood, sex is to adolescence.”