Unbreakable: Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2023
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AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
‘Reading this is like watching an O’Sullivan break: hypnotic, dazzling and impossible to tear yourself away from.’ – STEPHEN FRY
‘Besides quite a few laughs, many readers will find recognition, reassurance, remedy and revelation in O’Sullivan’s candid story. I highly recommend it.’ – THE TIMES
‘Ronnie is searingly honest, candidly funny, and thought provokingly brilliant in Unbreakable. I devoured it.’ – NIHAL ARTHANAYAKE
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In a career spanning over three decades, Ronnie O’Sullivan’s journey to becoming the greatest snooker player of all time has been filled with extremes.
A teenage snooker prodigy, Ronnie turned professional with the highest of expectations. This pressure, together with a challenging personal life, catapulted Ronnie into a life of excess and addiction. He was winning titles – his first within a year of turning professional – but losing himself and his game as he tried to block out the mental pain and misery. Whilst Ronnie appeared at the height of the game to spectators, these were the moments when he felt at his lowest.
In the year 2000 Ronnie started rehab and began the journey to get his life back, addressing his demons and working on developing a stronger and more resilient mindset. More than twenty years on, Ronnie is still obsessed with delivering his peak performance and never happier than when in a snooker hall, but success has now taken on a new meaning for the record-equalling world champion.
Framed around the many lessons Ronnie has learned from his extraordinary career, Unbreakable takes us beyond the success and record-breaking achievements to share the reality – and brutality – of making it to the very top, whatever your field. Ronnie is the first to say he doesn’t have all the answers, but in sharing the experiences that have shaped him and mistakes that have made him, he hopes to help readers navigate their own personal challenges and obstacles, and in turn reach their maximum potential.
This is Ronnie O’Sullivan as you’ve never seen him before, the definitive and unflinching story of a true British icon and a fascinating insight into the mindset of the world’s greatest snooker player.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Seven Dials (11 May 2023) |
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| Language | English |
| File size | 21066 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 260 pages |
by Miss L K Bulka
Interesting story but written ins pretty dull way I’m afraid
by Wayne
A story about the greatest player to grace the green baize
by John Smith
A very honest self assessment of himself by Ronnie. Thoroughly enjoyed it. A definite page turner. I recommend it for all sports lovers.
by thematrixchamber
I did not like his first book and I was not liking this either until I realized he was being himself. You can’t argue with that.
To be the best at something, out of billions of people, is pretty awesome, if you think about it.
I’ve got to the bit about his father and mother being in prison.
He talked about his cue, and Sheffield – enough to bore me but it didn’t because he was being himself.
I was working at Rockingham Speedway, in Corby, a few years ago, and he was there. I would have loved to have asked him to pop in my father’s for 2 minutes on his way back to London but I thought – he would think I was mad. When you read his book then you think – he’s not full of himself and anything is possible.
Good luck, Ronnie. It’s best to have a clear head with no drugs etc – I could never go back to that life again even for weed. Pointless.
by Sandra F.
Excellent book. Bought as a gift. Recipient very pleased
by jillyb
Great read. Bought as present for hubby. Is a big fan.
by Mick Rook
A great read if you like snooker
by Avid reader
I was expecting a biography, but I now gather that this is covered in other books. Half of the book is very detailed analysis of him playing snooker (the shots, what he was thinking as he hit the ball) at various competitions. The other half seemed to be some attempt at a self help book. Ronnie doesn’t relay any great self understanding in the book and it’s not clear what lessons Ronnie is trying to relay. Maybe if you’re a bit of a “man’s man”, who doesn’t really do any self analysis then you mighg get something from it.