STEVE Ronnie DAVIS reckons O'Sullivan has to win a record eighth World Championship sooner rather than later.
The six-time world champion knows exactly what it is like to decline as age catches up with you.
Davis ruled the baize in the 1980s but won his last Crucible crown aged 31 before Stephen Hendry took the mantle and dominated for the next decade.
Even Hendry, a seven-time winner, was 30 when he last scaled the Sheffield mountain.
The evergreen Rocket, 48, has stretched the barrier of what is possible in the sport with his incredible longevity.
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