Davis-Hendry-O'Sullivan - The standard has improved with each decade, but Steve was the guy who took snooker into the modern era in the 1980's ... and you can never take that away from him.
Absolutely agree. The standards got better but you can only beat what's in front of you. A true legend and I don't use that word often and I can't speak for Hendry and Ronnie who in my opinion is the most naturaly gifted player ever they would both agree that Mr Steve Davis was and is a crucial part of the game we all love watching and playing. A true gent on and off the table. Absolute LEGEND.
@@Raj-ul9my Alex took the game out of smoke filled rooms and made it popular to the millions, but Steve raised the standard and made other professionals think about practice time much more seriously.
He's still a 6 time World champion no one can take that away, A real legend is Steve Davis. Seems like everyone forgets the Great Ray Reardon is also a Six time Champion.........
@@weSnooker I really like Steve and Ronnie, I'd really like to see Jimmy White beat Hendry with a snooker cue and not on a table Aaha ha ha ja ha.........
I really want to meet Steve and see if he remembers my Mum making him a brew at Heskin Hall and thank him for being so nice to my Mum when she worked there. It was way back in the mid 90's and they used Heskin Hall when playing at Preston.. They were also doind a QoS mystery guest and photo shoot... Champers, Champer and more Champers.. Steve asked my Mum.. Where can I get a nice cup of tea.. She said that she had her own tea and coffee in her office.. So she made him and brew and spent 20 mins just chatting with her.. It made her day/week/year.. She said he was a superb guy and really sweet... She also liked John Parrot and had a laugh with him... Steve thanked her for the brew and said that it was the best 20 mins he had that day.. Signed a program to me saying "To Rob. You're Mum make a great cuppa. Steve Davis." :) A superb bloke.
I love the firebrands A. Higgins, J. White, R. O'Sullivan and so many more... But the legendary Steve Davis will always be my all time favourite snooker player of all time he is the G.O.A.T.
@@paulramsay1481 In your opinion not mine and many more to me Steve was best of all time. When he was at his best no one better he had perfect all round game.
"My father passed away, earlier this year." At that point my tears just flooded. His Dad was a massive reason for him being in snooker and you could see the emotion in him.
I disliked him at his peak because I was an Alex Higgins fan but like many I grew to appreciate him, also loved his book Steve Interesting Davis, it was hilarious
I always rooted for him. The first time I can remember watching snooker, he was playing and I became a fan of the game and him from that point on. I miss those days.
Steve is an incredible guy. Seen him in a few exhibitions in my area. It's great how he remembers people because they don't ask about 1985. I walked past him once not looking to get his attention but I heard him say "Hello. Nice to see you again." And there was Steve wanting to shake my hand. Unbelievable moment in my life that a 6 time world champion remembered me.
@jamesbrown4006 ok well if you ever get the chance if you meet him, ask him if he remembers people more who tend not to ask him about 1985 (he does get bored talking about it after so long) and he will tend to say yes based on the conversations you do have with him.
@@ianfraser5169 probably won't chat to me cuz I would say hello first so we will never know,but I was only being honest mate we all like to exaggerated when we speak too a big name,but well done for letting us know mate ,well done Indeed
@@userjim83 How did he change the game ? It's not a negative if you digest what else I said. If he has changed the game and I am not aware of it, I will stand corrected and learn something but to me he was a genius on the table and a gentleman with it, not the first and not the last. Certainly not making light of the man and his formidable skills.
@@BantonOrg He was a killer, a winning machine, he lifted the entire standard of the sport and the rest of the field up which set the standard for everyone to follow and laid the platform for the players since to carry on the evolution. He came into snooker at a time when it was a pastime, a game full of big characters and fun played in smoke filled halls up down the land. This young snooker obsessed lad came in who started to destroy the field with an ultimate professionalism that had never been seen before and did so with barely a smile on his face which was the catalyst for turning it into an actual sport and what we see today. Without Steve Davis there would be no Hendry or as a result the following generation, Davis not only changed the game but he is arguably the most important figure in snooker of all time. His technique is essentially the blue print that all the top players since have copied and we still see today. His stance, foot position, set up pause before going down on the shot, finger spread, backswing pause, elbow position, variation of bringing the cue back at different lengths depending on the shot, never mind the mental aspect of the game that he introduced from his deliberate considered play on each shot to maximise technical consistency, the mental warfare and mind games he was the master of that struck fear in his opponents and often beat them psychologically before the game had even started plus the fact his persona as this emotionless killer was totally deliberately created. How many more reasons do you want? No idea how old you are but I can’t believe for a second you are old enough to have seen that happen as there’s no way you could argue Davis didn’t change the game if you lived through his years unless you just haven’t been paying attention to snooker very much… When people like Hendry, Higgins and Ronnie say Davis was their hero and changed the entire sport of snooker they don’t say it lightly, they say it because it’s the undeniable truth.
@@userjim83 at no point am I understating steve and I am old enough to remember watching the likes of thorburn make a 155, live. I see he inspired ronnie (and of course many others, heck even non pros look upto him) and I have personally met quite a few of the players at plymouth. I know the game and absolutely admire many players for their different traits. Steve jokingly referred to as the boring player. He is one of not too many who took the game very seriously in a mostly calm and focused way, rarely letting the enthusiasm bubble and boil over into explosive outbursts, or any sort really. I see he helped keep the gentlemanly side of snooker a reality while others from higgins and ronnie were the more rebellious, in front of the stage audience, and people at home. I was there when Robidoux lost his cool. I was watching live when Steve and Dennis had their famous match ending. I concede you see Steve has changed the game but I just think he was a major player who kept the status quo of what snooker is, intrinsically. A highly skilled and gentlemanly sport. He isn't the only person to do this. But at no point am I taking away from him. An amazing player, without a shadow of a doubt.
A true legend and a gentleman, thanks for those times I got your autograph at the Crucible in the 80's, a nice guy to a young spotty autograph hunter, humility, respect, professionalism. Great guy.
Like most dominant sportsmen (Djokovic, Sampras, Phil Taylor, Davis, Hendry, Tiger Woods etc) we love to see them lose, until they retire, then we miss them and admire & love them. I was a Jimmy White/Alex Higgins fan, so Steve was a pain the ass....but what a great guy he is. Could listen to him all day, when he's doing his punditry.
As a young lad of 8 years old picked my first snooker cue up because I had seen him play .my parents got me a 6x3 table I played so much to try and learn this sport he had brought to me .I never got as good as him or even made it but the love for the game he gave me .massive respect and gratitude to Steve Davis .still would like to meet him say thanks maybe still hold the dream to play a frame .
I loved the story Steve Davis told about his early playing days when he was pretty skint and travelled everywhere by bus using a “Red Rover” ticket. As soon as he started to earn good money he bought himself a red Rover car which he had promised himself.
He did way more for Snooker than he gets credit for. I had a Steve Davis snooker table as a kid and so did thousands of others. An absolute legend and a gent.
Couldn't agree more about Steve Davis. Wonderful player, gentleman and ultra rofessional. I admit when watching snooker, whilst growing up, that there were times when I wanted Steve to lose, (but never against idiot Alex Higgins). I was glad when Dennis Taylor clinched the 1985 final, but felt for Steve at the time. Steve conducted himself magnificently in defeat. As time went on, and I observed how Steve conducted himself at all times, and that's what gets respect. Same for Roger Federer. Wonderful memories.
he has done more for snooker than any other player ever has or ever will. he was the face of the sport and was an absolute gentleman and he still is. I salute you sir
samyb786 Ronnie has achieved a legacy just as great,plus he is the most talented and entertaining player to ever hold a cue.They are equal on their own level id say.
As a teenager, I found snooker a boring game (hardly a sport) so it needed characters to make it interesting and when Davis came, there was a certain hatred to this robotic man, who seem to think he is above you, and Alex Higgins and others disliked him from the start... and that's how outsiders like me were drawn into this tension, like a Hitchcock movie. Davis height and manner was all part of it, looking down on people and showing no emotions when destroying opponents slowly and he admitted it himself he loved it. In my opinion, when I die, the only snooker player I will remember is Davis.
Snooker's greatest ever all-round professional and my all time no:1. I never found him boring at all. Steve could laugh at himself and took all the "interesting" opinions of him in his stride. In his prime he had the perfect balance between potting and tactical play. Ok the Hurricane and the Rocket were more gifted, Hendry could make bigger breaks, but no-one had it all put together like the Nugget did. I can't ever remember Steve giving Snooker headlines for the wrong reasons.
I wasn't even around when Steve was dominating I only got into snooker in 2014 but you hear Higgins, Hendry and O Sullivan all say that Steve Davis was the one everyone learnt from and what an interesting chap now not boring anymore lol. But when o Sullivan retires it will hit me badly. Absolutely the best sports player in the world total genius and so open and genuine, no fake ass bullshit. I've been lucky to meet him 3 times and was still in awe 3rd time round
His final match was in the Qualifiers for that World Championship where he lost 10-4 in the first round of it to Fergal O’Brien. I was there and I knew it was the end.
A true legend of the game. People give him the "boring" tag? They might wanna look at current players like Selby or Robertson to see what boring really is.
I'm American. Never been to Briton. Never plan to go. But it's obvious to me that mr. Davis is a national treasure. A talented and respectable man and a great ambassador of the entertaining game that is snooker!
His robot schtick was his weapon which made him distant and unlikeable but it worked so for a time it had to be kept up but once he could lower the mask the real him came through and we warmed to it, interestingly (or not) I knew early doors that all wasn't what it seemed when my uncle (an avid Northern Soul collector) told me how a couple of times he'd battled with Steve for access to certain rare soul records so while he was playing the role of 'uninteresting' in public I knew there was a pretty cool guy behind it all then all these years later he retires to concentrate on his DJing haha you minx you nugget, legend
In any sport there is the GOAT, O'Sullivan with Hendry just behind him but then there is that old Master, the original "modern" player Steve Davis will always be that Master.
Davis was the player who took snooker up to a new level which had never been seen before. One chance snooker, where you pot a long red and make a frame winning break, frame after frame. If he had been playing on modern tables with their super fast cloths and cushions, he would have made many more century breaks and been even better than he was. How do you judge the greatest snooker player of all time? By the most tournament wins. Everything else is second to that. Davis holds that record still today.
A very intelligent guy. He set the standard. In the 80s I always wanted him to lose; not after that; when he started losing I wanted him to win, but either way he gets my respect.
A true champion and legend on and off the table,Steve has said many times threw his career he was in the right place and the right time and the right person to create and be part of the golden era of snooker,snooker was a huge part of the 80`s and 90`s due in big part to Steve Davis,and the game today owes him a big Thank You for the global sport it as become. For myself during the early 80`s watching Steve take control of the game for a decade and inspire future champions was a pleasure. Thank You Steve Davis,you truly are a Living Legend of billiards.
