Ronnie O'Sullivan is a proficient snooker player who is well known of speed in the play. He was born in Wordsley, West Midlands in England on 5th December 1975. He started his career on snooker at an extremely tender age. At the age of 10 he achieved a century break. His main competitor in the game is Stephen Hendry. O’Sullivan is known as a perfectionist and an extremely self- critical individual in all activities that he is involved. He has been suffering from clinical depression for a long time and he has been diagnosed with various drug-related issues. However, he is working with a psychologist in sports science to deal with the health condition. Although, he is married to his Jo Langley with whom they have one child he remains in controversy with his former girlfriend with whom they have another child. In 2003, he converted to Islam from Christianity. His hobbies are motor racing and he is a keen football fan and he supports arsenal (Sullivan and Simon, 2004).
His achievement in the snooker game has not been broken by many individuals. Following his talented style of play in the game he was nicknamed “The Rocket”. He is the world champion in Snooker and he has won the global championship on five periods. These periods are 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2013. In total he has won 25 ranking titles. Ronnie has career earnings of 6 million Pounds being the second best money prize beneficiary from Stephen Hendry.
Among his achievements are four Masters as well as four UK Championship titles. In 2000, he won the Nations Cup as England representative. He is well known of making most competitive century breaks having broken a total of 678 competitions. In professional competitions O’Sullivan has a total of 11 breaks. However, this record he shares with Hendry. In 1997, a record holder for causing the fastest maximum breaks which occurred in 5 minutes 20 seconds (Sullivan and Simon, 2004).
Ronnie will remain a critical individual in the sports sector. He was involved in extremely many competitions where he was supposed to compete and win. However, he did not heart break his sponsors. His competition skills remained concrete and he continued to win championships from time to time (Wilkins, 2013).
One of the most amazing situations that may define the character of this sports man is respect for any competition. In most cases, when individuals become champions in their fields of professions they do not believe in participating in meager competitions. However, O’Sullivan has remained committed to the small competitions that he was involved in before he was incorporated in major championships. He has broken extremely many records in different competitions especially in championships. Therefore, from this it can be deduced that competition can be achieved with extensive humility. He was quoted saying "I just love playing, so I will definitely be playing in some smaller events, and we will just see what goes on." (Sullivan and Simon, 2004).He teaches us that any height of success can be achieved through extensive commitment to one’s profession of occupation.
O’Sullivan has been able to keep up an extremely competitive strategy that equips him with skills and abilities to compete against his competitors and has bestowed him the character of winning. He is being envied by many sports men and women following his competitive strategies and ability to finish games extremely fast (James, 2013).
There are various elements that may be deduced from the hard work that Ronnie has portrayed in his competitions. He has been able to keep up an extremely consistent winning system. To his fans this may be educative in terms of taking advantage of one’s strengths and special abilities. This motivation would be extremely significant in making people be in a position to identify their strengths and work towards them as they may assist them in making a smooth living (Wilkins, 2013).
It is also clear that Ronnie was initially involved in controversial situations where his ability and proficiency would have been tested. This is following adverse exposure to challenges of health. It is well known that health conditions are major barriers to excellence on certain issues. However, Ronnie has been able to fight them and has come out successful having conquered these challenges (James, 2013). To his fans it is critical that they learn they can succeed on various situations despite the challenges that they undergo. Some people feel that challenges should be there to put them down but Ronnie teaches it otherwise. One can rise above all challenges and make an outstanding living.
Also, Ronnie teaches people lessons on the sense of humility. Despite rising to high levels where he competes in big championships, he has not neglected small competitions where he has motivated a lot of people in the sense of never despising humble beginnings. This may be influential to other people who are fearing that their small beginnings may never be big enough to offer them a living. Ronnie will not only remain a figure in the snooker game but will remain a hero in the hearts of many people following the motivation of his life.
Works Cited
James, Clive . "Ronnie O'Sullivan: 'the Coriolanus of the Crucible' - Telegraph." Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph. N.p., 17 May 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10060019/Ronnie-OSullivan-the-Coriolanus-of-the-Crucible.html>.
Sullivan, Ronnie, and Simon Hattenstone. Ronnie: the autobiography of Ronnie O'Sullivan. Rev. and updated ed. London: Orion, 2004. Print.
Wilkins, Luke. "James Lawton: Ronnie O'Sullivan is no trouble his brilliance is a joy to behold - Others - More Sports - The Independent." The Independent | News | UK and Worldwide News | Newspaper. N.p., 7 May 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/james-lawton-ronnie-osullivan-is-no-trouble-his-brilliance-is-a-joy-to-behold-8606848.html>.
