 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Anozivikanwa nekukurumidza kwake uye kurwisa maitiro ekutamba, OSullivan akawana zita remadunhurirwa rekuti The Rocket mushure mekukunda akanakisa-emapfumbamwe mafuremu mutambo mune rekodhi maminetsi makumi mana nematatu mumwaka wake wekutanga sehunyanzvi. Muvaki wokuparara ane zvibereko uye mutambi ane unyanzvi, akataura kushora kwake mitambo yakareba, inogara kwenguva refu, achitaura kuti inokuvadza mutambo wesnooker. Iye akarurama asi anogona kutamba kune yakakwirira yepamusoro neruoko rwake rworuboshwe uye anowanzochinja kana zvichidiwa, zvichimuita kuti aedze kupfura neruoko rwake rworuboshwe izvo zvingada imwe kana imwe nzira. Apo akatanga kuratidzira mano ake okushandisa ruoko rworuboshwe mu 1996 World ChampionshipKurwisana naAlain Robidoux, muCanada akamupomera mhosva yokusaremekedza uye akaramba kubatana maoko pashure pomutambo wacho. 