News, Newsday, The Daily News, The New Check York Times, out www.TonyRobles.com and Billiards Digest. for information on lessons/clinics with Tony. Check out www.TonyRobles.com for What does your information on lessons/clinics practice look with like now Tony. compared to what it was when you first starteddoes What playing your seriously? practice look like now compared to what it was when you first It’s like night started playing and day. seriously? When you are younger and have no kids, no wife, and basically doing poollike It’s fornight a living, andyou day.have When all the youtime are younger in the world. and have Especially no kids, if noyou wife, liveand with basically your parents doing and your pool for adad living, owns youahave pool all hall. theWhen time in I first the world. Especially if you live with your parents and your dad owns a pool hall. When I first started, I practiced twelve hours a day six days a week for two and a half years straight. Now a days, in order for me to get three to four hours a day, I have to do it during the day while my son is in school. I have to plan the things in my day to make sure I have
enough time started, I practiced to be focused twelve hours for practice. a day six days a week for two and a half years straight. Now have You a days, been in order teaching for me pool to getfor three over to fouryears. 30 hours aWhat day, I got haveyou to do into it during wanting the to day while give lessons? my son is in school. I have to plan the things in my day to make sure I have Ienough made the decision when I for waspractice. around 21 time to be focused years old when I held three jobs. One in a You haveone pizzeria, been asteaching a security pool officer, for over and30 one years. in a pool What hall.got I wasn’t you into treated wanting wellto in give any of lessons? the three jobs and I asked my dad if this is how people at work are treated all the time. I am reminded of what happened to me at I made the decision when I was around 21the pool room. There was a no gambling rule at the pool room. People were not allowed to exchange money in public. The people who gambled found ways to get around this. They would always ask me to get a coffee for them since I had to turn by back to get to the coffee maker. That is when they would exchange the money. These people would get really
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