Да, и еще по поводу того, что негатив в адрес РОСа говорят только из зависти. Вот несколько цитат о РОСе. Я сильно сомневаюсь, что эти люди РОСу завидуют.
Семикратный чемпион мира Стивен Хендри: "That’s water under the bridge. I’ve got the utmost respect for Ronnie as a snooker player. Only as a snooker player. And that's it".
Двукратный чемпион мира Марк Уильямс по поводу высказываний РОСа: "Stupid people say stupid things".
Чемпион мира Шон Мерфи: "I cannot imagine any other sportsman doing what Ronnie did. Can you imagine Roger Federer walking off Centre Court at Wimbledon? He shouldn't come to events if he doesn't intend to see them through".
Чемпион мира Кен Дохерти: "It’s in the rules every player has to talk to the Press. I don’t understand why Ronnie can’t come in for a couple of minutes, say "Yes" and "No" and then go. Everybody is in the dark and as baffled as I am".
Чемпион мира Грэм Дотт о полуфинале чемпионата мира 2006, когда РОС отломал наклейку у кия, чтобы получить перерыв: "I didn't know Ronnie had taken it off during the game. I had no idea. I've won a good frame to go 7-7 so in a way it does affect you because there's a 20-minute interval again. It did break my momentum. It wound me up a little bit more. The only thing I'll say is Ronnie could have done it differently. That was the only problem I had with it. I just think he could have said to me 'the tip has come off' but the way he just walked out and walked back in, that was the only problem I had. If he could have said 'I'm sorry about that' when he came back, I wouldn't have had a problem at all".
Марк Кинг: "Maybe he put the wet towel on his head because it was hot in the arena, but I think it might have been because I was putting him under pressure. It's no good to distract your opponents like that. Still, he played right-handed, left-handed and put a towel over his head, but that didn't bother me".
Энтони Хэмильтон о неприезде РОСа в Китай: "You've got to come away and try to promote the game overseas, especially here because this place is the future. It's a shame certain people don't recognise that or, if they do, blatantly ignore it".
О наркотиках, лишении прав за превышение скорости и езду в нетрезвом состоянии, нанесении побоев официальному лицу турнира можно и не вспоминать, думаю, - к этому отношение у всех единое.
И дело не в зависти. Просто есть некое понимание того, как профессиональный спортсмен себя вести не должен.
