Best Billiards Quotes

"Welcome to the Rio Hotel for the CSI presented Predator World Ten Ball Championship."

"He's looking to have the Filler Slam on the three biggest titles in one year."

"I'll tell you what, he's in dead stroke right now."

"Two impressive wins by both these guys in the last round, so expect nothing but some more stellar play."

"Really appreciate the top form and the pool and the effort these guys put in, coming from all over the world to try and grab this title and put on one heck of a performance."

"The most important building blocks of becoming a strong player is being able to find center on the cue ball."

"Efren's career is definitely full of legendary moments."

"I feel Efrain Reyes is the greatest player I've ever watched play the game."

"This is a dream start for Shane, a chance to win the first game on a table that's breaking pretty well."

"The hardest racks to win is the first and the last."

"Probably the most important pattern play principle is to always think at least three balls ahead."

"There are times when you watch Joshua Filler and just think he's never going to miss a ball again."

"Center ball training can absolutely transform your game faster than any other type of training."

"When it comes to taking your game to the next level, nothing will get you there quicker than center ball training."

"Center ball training is about learning how to control the cue ball off the object ball and send it along a predetermined path."

"Nothing will improve your game quicker than building a strong center ball game."

"Visualizing a cue ball path is extremely important."

"The goal is to land on the pocket line or just across the pocket line so we can roll forward for position on the four ball."

"He's looking so confident, he never thought about missing that five ball."

"He's hit it perfect, in general, it looks like Shane does have a good feel for the table, good feel for the rails."

"His object ball speed is just outstanding."

"When playing 9 ball or 10 ball, learning how to send the cue ball behind these balls from anywhere on the table will help you win many games."

"The key to this defensive shot is to locate the safe area on the table."

"A nice shot here is to play this safety by playing the two ball into the five ball and playing a stop shot, leaving the cue ball behind the one ball."

"For those of you that don't play much endgame, you should take note here, watch how these guys position the cue ball and position the seven ball."

"Shane's cutting this ball in, glad it's him and not me, I can't see it, I swap it out for the five ball or the three ball, and I'm a little more confident."

"US Open and the world nineball are going to remain the biggest and as they should."

"The key is striking the object ball thin and using enough side spin to last all the way to the second cushion."

"Immediately you could probably see a straight back on the four or a cross corner on the 15."

"This type of shot where you're using maximum high to strike targets along the rail is one of the most powerful shots that you can add to your arsenal."

"When shooting the five ball is to create an angle on the sixth ball that will send the cue ball to the other side rail for shape on the seven ball."

"Here's the tangent line of the six ball which means if the cue ball is sliding when it strikes the six ball it's going to follow along this path."

"The break is the most important part, but that first shot after the break becomes at that point the most important shot."

"...sometimes you play safeties for, this is your reward for a good safety, ball in hand and an open table."

"He's got to draw the cue ball so it hits the top of the nine, he's got to come above that nine ball."

"That was a beautiful shot, really with inside English so the cue ball will not go too much far from the second cushion."

"It's not easy, but how many look at coming off the six and laying them on this end rail back here."

"I'm surprised he's not cutting it to his left because he's got a natural two-rail path."

"Kristen Tatar is the most dominant player this year."

"Started off with that thin cut on the two."

"Amongst the one pocket official and he is up there with the top top players."

"Does Cory have an opportunity to back cut this 14?"

"That just matches in the Philippines is here worldwide, a pool icon, BCA Hall of Fame."

"This is the game where Efren got his nickname as the magician."

"He's got a great shot on the two, he's a little elevated so he's gonna have to make a nice draw stroke to get on the three but gotta like this starter he's got."

"Tricky thing about this is the cue ball is gonna have a lot of energy in it, gonna have to run into another ball."

"He's going behind the 7 ball without the cue ball."

"Who's the greatest pooper ever lived? Tough question. I'll tell you why because there's straight pool, there's nine ball, there's one pocket, there's Bank pool, snooker, three cushion. I mean one guy like Mosconi excelled in straight pool, no doubt about it."

"What else could you go by? He played one pocket, he beat everybody. Warren played three cushion beers, straight rail beers, straight pool, nine ball, one pocket, and won the all-around Championship of the world with brain cancer."

"The one pocket really is all about the cue ball. If you can control the cue ball, you're going to be successful."

"Eddie Taylor will go down in history as the greatest bank pool player and possibly the greatest one pocket player ever."

"Eddie Taylor is the embodiment of everything associated with championship pocket billiards."

"He was a legend, he was the greatest bank pool player of all time."

"Eddie Taylor is one of the best things that ever happened to the game of pool."

"He was the first player in my life to teach me a lesson about how to beat another great champion."

"Eddie Taylor was the first player in my life to teach me a lesson about how to beat another great champion."

"Eddie Taylor was the greatest bank pool player of all time."

"Eddie Taylor was a legend, he was the greatest bank pool player of all time."

"Six ball will go in the side, seven ball will follow suit in the lower left-hand corner pocket."

"Beautiful cue ball, minimum one rail kick, possibly two rails."

"Chesse needs to come up with his best break shot of the match to close this guy out. He does not want it to go hill-hill, that's for sure."

"We're going to have a hill hill match."

"She wants to be as straight as possible on the three, really. And then she can choose whether she wants to draw back for the four in the same pocket or play the four up into the pocket near the five ball and follow through to get on the five."

"Tony's really into this game. His knowledge of straight pool and the way that cue ball is coming off balls, the way they react, he really pays attention to that."

"He's a world 9-ball champion, he has back-to-back US Open 9-ball Championships, he's a WPA world 10-ball champion, a World Cup of Pool champion, a World 14:1 champion."

"...now the other factors are the side spin you're gonna apply to the ball or English and the equipment and buy equipment I mean the state of the ball and the felt."

"He's got a problem here. He might try to hit behind this, uh, what's it, the one ball on the rail near near the rail pocket by danny's pocket."

"He used the two-cushion method to open up the balls after pocketing the 12, the cue ball went two cushions applying left-hand English on the cue ball, sending it to the second cushion and then into the stack. Very nicely executed by Steve."

"Putting English on the ball is not intended to move the cue ball in space to a certain location."

"And he's the 2010 World Nine Ball Champion."

"That's what I like about diamond tables. You could roll this and it'll hug the rail."

"You're always gonna have the seven in the corner."

"Have you ever seen the balls break like that?"

"Three ball hello and a 10 in the side."

"Welcome to the Billiard Network, the home of global pool on YouTube. Like and follow if you enjoy this."

"I'm wondering the way the balls are laying can he shoot the 14 and fall below to get at the 10 now?"

"Two quality lags both of them within a half inch of the end rail."

"And there's something about when you play on a super fast, slick table, where the pockets are sliding in a little more generously."

"Wow, really got a lot out of the Q ball there."

"...if you can get good on the one, the solids are reasonably open as well."

"Nice shot. Beautiful shot with inside spin to hold the cue ball."

"That's interesting enough, Dennis, Corey really hasn't left the table, I mean he's left on a miss but it was trying to break balls out and stuff that kept him from getting out. Now, but Dennis has missed twice here which is pretty unusual for him."

"You could just float the cue ball to the other side rail."

"She wanted to get nice and straight on this three ball, draw it back about, well, not much at all, almost a stop shot."

"Position is easy, just gotta hold the cue ball there."

"The game of pocket billiards in general is also about the art to use the size of the pocket."

"Considered by many to be the ultimate prize in 9-ball, the US Open represents the pinnacle of a player's career."

"Just wondering if he can't go forwards you might have to go three rails around that's exactly what he's doing and he got there very very nicely."

"A lot of people just roll this up but don't really think about where I want to put that object ball."

"He's a shot maker. He's going to have to make shots. He doesn't rely on exact position play, but he sure relies on hitting that pocket."

"Efrain Reyes, known as the magician, is presently ranked number one by the pro billiards tour."

"Bank pool is such an interesting game"

"The Moscone Cup: Ryder Cup of Nine Ball."

"These guys have made nine ball into just a science."

"Bracketing from a chosen Q-tip position reinforces the idea that every shot has two components: the object ball and the Q ball."

"Carlo Beato to break rack 15 leading by a score of eight to six this is a win by two format if we end up tied at 11 racks apiece there will be a single rack playoff determined by a lag."

"I'm going to let the cue ball roll forward and get somewhere over here close to the rail."

"The nine ball is always, there's always a right way to shoot it."

"His cue ball control is so great that he can pretty much do whatever he wants."

"He wins games by pocketing balls, making tough shots."

"There's an art to getting balls up table."

"Most fans would know that getting the balls down table increases the distance of your lead."

"With your warmup stroke, warm up at the spot that you actually want to hit the cue ball."

"He's got a nice shot on the one if he makes this the two's right there. No position to worry about."

"He's got a bad angle. He's got to get straight in on the six. Shoot the six and then the one, I guess."

"Shannon's game is really built, his nine ball game really built off his break, and it really hurts him when he doesn't succeed, hence the name, the cannon, yep."

"jeffrey de luna looking to extend the lead at 6-0"

"Keep the cue ball on the table, make a ball on the break. That's what he wants to do."

"All he's got to do is hit it with a half a tip of right-hand English. That'll send him in perfect line."

"He made some great banks, you've got to play good banks to beat me, tell you that right now."

"That was a pretty convincing win, thanks for watching and stay tuned to the billiard network for more great pool action from around the world."

"It pays, it breaks, cue ball drifted to the side, made something though, right?"

"What people don't realize also is when you come that second rail you get a little bit of an immediate bounce effect off the off the rail to where it puts a little more Pace on the object ball than you really expect."

"He's paying real attention, a lot of attention to how he gets on the three ball because he wants to be above it a little bit, but he doesn't want to have too much angle."

"The way he's cueing it I don't know if he can get the cue ball to escape this rail here out of this pocket."

"The world eight ball series, we're seeing eight and sixteen man events where they're paying big entry fees. That seems to be what's popular today."

"Commonly missed ball, drawing a little jacked up just kind of tightens that pocket up a bit."

"I like cutting the one and going toward the two this way here."

"The best way to hit bank shots is either with slow speed where the 2 1 system applies or with fast speed where the object ball is guaranteed to be sliding without any topspin into the cushion."

"I like what Tom Cousins said... 'look, it's only one dry break.'"

"So you should imagine another billiard ball three inches further than the one you're trying to hit and you aim at that one."

"He hits the cue ball about a tip above Center."

"Sarah's an accomplished player, she's played in a lot of Predator pro billiard series."

"The finals match is true Double Elimination race to seven alternate break rack your own."

"He's got a shot, the one, the two's out in the open and the three goes, so if he can get to that three, looks like he's good."

"He made it look easy, very easy, and looks perfect line coming down."

"It's a preferred way to shoot, is to use the top rail."

"How'd he hit it? He made it and he got perfect position on this five ball, absolutely perfect."

"For Shane, this is tough. He's just playing against a guy that has figured out a way to break that. Not only does he get through the rack, he gets through the rack so quickly."

"Great match. Cory Duel, Cory Duel, nine ball challenge champion."

"You should try to play the cue ball down table and the five up table. It was a good shot."

"Boy, the way he moved that eight ball out, that really helped the rack. Yeah, let's play for the corner. Eagle eye, no problem."

"You hate to have to gunfight every time you break the balls. Once in a while, you like to win one where the other guy didn't get to play, and it's not easily done at all."

"Thank you for helping make the Derby City Classic the most prestigious and popular event in professional pool."

"...John caught the cut side of the rack there."

"Hats off to Justin Bergman, the last American standing, third place finish here."

"That's the ideally how you want to break them. A lot of guys want to hit that brake shot too hard. Oh no, I'm not a believer in hitting brake shots hard, I'm from the old school."

"I like Jimmy the way he goes through balls. He hits it with a good firm stroke."

"He's in great shape now, except he doesn't have a good break ball."

"That's one of the greatest feelings in the world when you're playing a great player and you're at the table and the referee says seven ball 123 right and the other guy seated over there powerless that's a nice feeling"

"I guarantee a Cory didn't see this coming."

"This isn't a stretch to get the cue ball straight across."

"Bar table eight ball is one of the best games in the world. It's a hard game because it's such a small area with so many balls."

"Joshua Filler ruthless, relentless leads 8-2."

"It's all about this pink four ball."

"He made that break-off adjustment as Jason Shaw advised and now gold."

"Everybody wants to kind of break wants to break like Shane in 10 ball."

"He's making both balls below the one ball in the side pockets."

"Shane must be feeling pretty sweet at the moment just being in that rhythm."

"Shane's about to rinse run seven racks of ten ball."

"Teach me master, teach me master. Wow, that was good, Shane."

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the international nine ball open."

"It is truly an international field that's gathered here, 112 players representing 27 countries around the globe."

"Vying for the inaugural championship and forty thousand dollars that goes along with it."

"There's only one person in the world we can call Eagle Eye and it's him. It's Jason Shaw."

"They've elevated nine ball to an art form."

"This is the only drill you really need. If you get your cue ball control, I guarantee your game will improve 100 to 200 percent."

"Clayton not going down without a fight heck no. I have a feeling Clayton's run three racks plenty of times before and that's all he needs to win."

"Well folks congratulations to our new nineball world team champions from Gainesville Florida Gambler one they're taking home $20,000."

"Just sit back and admire the Wizardry of The Wiz Victor Zielinski."

"Congratulations to Alex. He has won each of the three individual divisions here at the Derby City Classic. That's an unprecedented feat."

"He's a former Empire State nine ball champion. He's a two-time Turning Stone nine ball champion."

"He holds the high run here this week in the George Fells Memorial straight pool classic with a run of 227 balls."

"Yeah, very up-tempo straight shooter. Powerful, powerful shot maker."

"Third break and run out of the match for Pinninger, and he now leads the match eight games to zero."

"Jason Shaw is here for the weekend. He's won 10-6."

"We also would like to mention that AZ Billiards started the online magazine, it's called Billiards Buzz and it's all about the billiards industria."

"And the other one was, he had a weird collection of pool cues. You know, billiard cues?"

"Beautiful shot, beautiful shot. Wow."

"That helped matters out quite a bit. Excellent speed control."

"He rolls the ball so smooth. The speed of his cue ball is really, really nice."

"He's constantly making that ball in the back right pocket. I mean, that's not easy to do, you know?"

"He's simplify the shot because it's a hard shot. You simplify not using any English which increases... the make."

"He's got all the things going in the right direction on that break."

"I always said, a combo is one of my favorite shots of all time."

"Johnny's just happy going in his favor."

"Johnny's have got to have a solid break."

"He's really got this table dialed in."

"He loves coming from behind, as Shane Van Boening."

"Perfect, like ball in hand position."

"... he's one of the greatest pool players that ever lived, he has a heart of a champion, very smart pool player"

"Mastering all the shots you possibly can in the game of pool is so important because every time you master a shot you just added a new weapon to Your Arsenal to use against your enemy."

"Winning the lag there, you know, is huge for Chris."

"No pause, just kind of... well, the second time Melling comes to the table with just exactly what he needs to play."

"Very productive, yeah that was very productive and a nice shot."

"Wow, he shot that in like it was a bb through a hula hoop."

"Nice cue ball control from Skyler."

"Excellent as you got the nice angle to come up for the nine."

"That's world-class nine ball and that's what it looks like everybody."

"You heard it here first, Accu-Stats, Dennis Orcullo, the most dangerous money player in the world."

"Justin Bergman pulled off a heroic victory against one of Europe's strongest players, Darren Appleton."

"Bergman is back in action and again he faces a tough task."

"Probably the biggest in this young man's pool playing career."

"He could win this match and go on to win the whole tournament."

"The table's playing so good that it's going to allow these players to show what they really can do."

"This nine ball Bergman's done and he's tied this match at three."

"We're headed to a double hill thriller."

"Easily the biggest rack in this year's Moscone Cup."

"That is one courageous player out there."

"Another way to help aim your shots is for you to understand the diamond system."