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Martin has been sticking around The Crucible and I done a quick Q&A with him yesterday.
Martin - No not really, just lounging around really just taking in all the experience and the atmosphere from what has been a really good tournament so far.
Kevin - Most players who get knocked out of a competition, go home and sulk, they don't put the snooker on.
Martin - Normally I would be like that but to be fair I did not feel like I have anything to be ashamed of, I put up a good performance, I lost 13-12 to who could be the eventual champion, I just thought that I am going to stick around and enjoy myself.
Kevin - Do you have any plans for the next few months while there is nothing much going on with Snooker in the UK?
Martin - I have been invited to a couple of tournaments, there is a invitational in India just outside of Mumbai which I won last year and they have invited me back again, but I am just waiting to see whats going to happen with the players meeting next week then I can decide what I am going to do.
Kevin - Are you going to attend on the 5th?
Martin - I am hoping to, I have a few things on back home but I am hopping to avoid worrying about them and come to the meet as I want to see whats going on and hear all the facts.
Kevin - On the build up to The Crucible did you do any coaching?
Martin - No, I hired a meditation teacher, I have been doing some yoga, meditation, deep breathing, all sorts of stuff to help my mind set and composure and not letting anything bother me.
Kevin - Has that helped a great deal?
Martin - Yeah, actually it has helped me a hell of a lot when I played the qualifiers, when I played Bjorn I was getting a little adgitated and I just left the arena and I went through a few things that my Yoga teacher taught me and it paid off.
Kevin - You always look confident around the table, nothing seems to phase you, this was most aparent to me at the 2009 Welsh Open when you beat Stephen Hendry.
Martin - I like to walk around the table as if I own it, I don't want to get myself down. I want to play the game as I see it, if I start rejecting pots then I am going bog myself down and end up going for some thing really stupid and I will get slated for it.
Kevin - Is there any players that you have not played yet that you want to?
Martin - I Would of loved to of played Steve Davis here, but my time will come, there is not really anybody, you know everybody says you must want to play Ronnie but if I get the opportunity I get the opportunity but I am not really too fussed if I don't play him.
Kevin - Going back about 5/6 months ago you took delivery of a John Parris cue.
Martin - Yeah I got a new cue but I actually have not started to use it yet though, I just got it on the basis that I was thinking of changing cues half way through the season to see if it would inspire me to start getting some results, I went to see Dell Hill just before Christmas, he done some work with me that sorted me out then that was when I hired the meditation teacher, I am looking forward to next season and causing some damage.
Kevin - So what cue are you using at the moment?
Martin - I am not actually sure what the makers name is! The badge has come off, I have had it for about 15 years, I used to play at a club called Rileys and I saw the cue in the rack and I just fell in love with it straight away, I picked it up and the first frame I played with it I made a 139 and I thought that is the cue for me and I have used it ever since.
Kevin - Who is your tip for the title then?
Martin - I would like to see Robertson win it then that would mean that I have lost to the champion but I would like to see Carter get through.
Martin - No not really, just lounging around really just taking in all the experience and the atmosphere from what has been a really good tournament so far.
Kevin - Most players who get knocked out of a competition, go home and sulk, they don't put the snooker on.
Martin - Normally I would be like that but to be fair I did not feel like I have anything to be ashamed of, I put up a good performance, I lost 13-12 to who could be the eventual champion, I just thought that I am going to stick around and enjoy myself.
Kevin - Do you have any plans for the next few months while there is nothing much going on with Snooker in the UK?
Martin - I have been invited to a couple of tournaments, there is a invitational in India just outside of Mumbai which I won last year and they have invited me back again, but I am just waiting to see whats going to happen with the players meeting next week then I can decide what I am going to do.
Kevin - Are you going to attend on the 5th?
Martin - I am hoping to, I have a few things on back home but I am hopping to avoid worrying about them and come to the meet as I want to see whats going on and hear all the facts.
Kevin - On the build up to The Crucible did you do any coaching?
Martin - No, I hired a meditation teacher, I have been doing some yoga, meditation, deep breathing, all sorts of stuff to help my mind set and composure and not letting anything bother me.
Kevin - Has that helped a great deal?
Martin - Yeah, actually it has helped me a hell of a lot when I played the qualifiers, when I played Bjorn I was getting a little adgitated and I just left the arena and I went through a few things that my Yoga teacher taught me and it paid off.
Kevin - You always look confident around the table, nothing seems to phase you, this was most aparent to me at the 2009 Welsh Open when you beat Stephen Hendry.
Martin - I like to walk around the table as if I own it, I don't want to get myself down. I want to play the game as I see it, if I start rejecting pots then I am going bog myself down and end up going for some thing really stupid and I will get slated for it.
Kevin - Is there any players that you have not played yet that you want to?
Martin - I Would of loved to of played Steve Davis here, but my time will come, there is not really anybody, you know everybody says you must want to play Ronnie but if I get the opportunity I get the opportunity but I am not really too fussed if I don't play him.
Kevin - Going back about 5/6 months ago you took delivery of a John Parris cue.
Martin - Yeah I got a new cue but I actually have not started to use it yet though, I just got it on the basis that I was thinking of changing cues half way through the season to see if it would inspire me to start getting some results, I went to see Dell Hill just before Christmas, he done some work with me that sorted me out then that was when I hired the meditation teacher, I am looking forward to next season and causing some damage.
Kevin - So what cue are you using at the moment?
Martin - I am not actually sure what the makers name is! The badge has come off, I have had it for about 15 years, I used to play at a club called Rileys and I saw the cue in the rack and I just fell in love with it straight away, I picked it up and the first frame I played with it I made a 139 and I thought that is the cue for me and I have used it ever since.
Kevin - Who is your tip for the title then?
Martin - I would like to see Robertson win it then that would mean that I have lost to the champion but I would like to see Carter get through.
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