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"The more effort you put into your sport, the more success you will receive from it."
Former world champion Steve Davis believes Stephen Hendry is the greatest snooker player of all time. Hendry holds the world record for the most ranking event titles - 32 - overtaking Davis' previous record of 28. This achievement includes seven Embassy world titles. He was also world number one for eight consecutive years.
By December 2000, he had scored the highest tournament break, 147, seven times and completed more than 500 century breaks - no other player has got past 300 so far.
As a child, Stephen had no interest in snooker and played football and badminton. After receiving a snooker table for Christmas when he was 13, he discovered a talent for the game and began beating boys of his own age group and older.
Stephen became the youngest professional snooker player when he left Inverkeithing High School in Fife aged 16 in 1985. He also became the youngest ever world champion at the age of 21 by beating Jimmy White, his boyhood hero.
Hendry was awarded the MBE in 1994. His other honours include being named Player of the Year seven times and voted BBC Scotland's Sports Personality of the Year twice. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate at Stirling University in 2000.
He's a big golf fan and lives near the course at Gleneagles. Other interests include Formula One racing and the music of U2.
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