Ronnie O'Sullivan speaks ahead of the start of the World Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
The five-time winner insists there's a firm case to be made that he is the greatest snooker player of all-time, despite having two fewer world titles than former rival Stephen Hendry.
O'Sullivan even name-drops football superstar Lionel Messi as a comparison, saying he thought the Barcelona forward would go down as "the best" even without a World Cup win with Argentina.
The Rocket also sizes up some of his rivals heading into the 2019 edition of the tournament, including the likes of Mark Selby, Judd Trump and Neil Robertson.
Watch the full interview above.
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