Alex Higgins : (3) " I used to play snooker in millionaires’ mansions with marble floors and eat at the best places, but that’s all over now. " - Alex Higgins " I think my presence around the table was mesmerising at times. It captured people. " - Alex Higgins " I might have been a jockey, you know. I started by riding horses bareback and holding on to the mane before they finally threw me off. " - Alex Higgins