I won't talk about how billiards started. Its history is ,for me, not significant anymore, since it was never taught at schools (dunno if it was at yours). Since I was a kid, I was fascinated by this game. When I first started holding a cue, I already felt that this is the game that I want to excel. It was manifested because I improve a lot faster than any other players. I got the stroke, the desire, and the enthusiasm.
Well, of course my favorite player is Efren Bata Reyes. He's my idol, my hero. During our time when internet was not that accessible, I always go over the newspaper and go to sports section and see if there are any news about billiards. If there are any, it would be always written short. Billiards was not recognized like golfs, boxing, or any other sports. Unlike other sports, billiard players do income if they win. They are not compensated like Kobe Bryant, or they are not paid like Manny Pacquiao that even if a boxer would lose, his payment is already assured.
Billiards is a game wherein you must use your mental abilities to control your motor skills and your emotions. They must all coordinate so that you can give your best in the game. If you're not a player, you cannot appreciate the game. Billiard is a game wherein one has to have the skills. All can play. All can try. But not all can have the skill.
One has to grab the cue and discover for himself what I want to tell.
