Alex Higgins acknowledging Jimmy White

‘I sometimes think the worst thing that happen to you was meeting me. You started to play like me when you could have been developing your own style. But you still did brilliantly’. Alex Higgins acknowledging Jimmy White in his biography, Alex Higgins From the Eye of the Hurricane My Story (2007).

White has had a great Snooker career and is still a main stay on the circuit with the capability to win more titles. Although Higgins may be right in terms of adopting his style some may question White abilities to cope with pressure, from him first and foremost then his fans, which may have been the difference in White not fulfilling his career expectations rather than style.