Sports Personality contender Ronnie O'Sullivan opens up on Fury, Formula One and feeling superhuman

That trademark mischievous grin breaks out across Ronnie O’Sullivan’s face as he is reminded of one of his most colourful comments of the year. Ronnie O'Sullivan has opened up on being a contender for this year's Sports Personality award O'Sullivan, who won his sixth world title in August, can often feel 'superhuman' at the table ‘I suppose I am a little bit like Tyson, I just say things for a bit of a laugh really,’ he admits over Zoom, referring to his fellow BBC Sports Personality of the Year contender Fury, who we will come to later on. You probably say certain things where in hindsight you think, “Cor, I must have been feeling good when I said that!”.’ At the Crucible, O’Sullivan was also branded ‘selfish’ by Judd Trump after saying players were being treated like ‘lab rats’, then ‘disrespectful’ by Mark Selby for the way he tried to hit-and-hope his way out of snookers in their semi-final. O'Sullivan has a penchant for provoking fellow professionals while at the snooker table At the Crucible, he was branded ‘selfish’ by Judd Trump after saying players were being treated like ‘lab rats’, then ‘disrespectful’ by Mark Selby for his semi-final display ‘Listen, within the snooker world everyone who knows me, knows me and even the ones who maybe quite dislike me, they don’t really dislike me,’ says the 45-year-old, who lost to Selby in the Scottish Open final last Sunday. ‘I’ve met him a couple of times and he is a really nice, down-to-earth guy,’ adds O’Sullivan, who advised Fury on sports psychology ahead of his comeback fight in June 2018.