Thursday 28 April 2016 18:17, UK
Ronnie O'Sullivan has told Judd Trump he must win the Betfred World Championship in the next three years or he may never get his hands on the trophy.
Five-time champion O'Sullivan landed his first Crucible title at the age of 25 in 2001, at the ninth time of trying, before making it a regular habit.
He considers 26-year-old Trump well equipped to mount a serious challenge for snooker's premier silverware over the next 17 days in Sheffield.
But O'Sullivan suspects the pressure will only increase if Trump, who was runner-up to John Higgins in 2011, misses out this year.
Asked if Trump has what it takes, O'Sullivan said: "Absolutely. He's 26 and he's at the prime age now to push on, but if he's going to make it happen he's got to make it happen in the next two or three years.
"Once you go into your thirties and haven't won the world title, and then there's a new batch of young players coming through from China, from here, there and everywhere, you can start to think that 'maybe I might not'.
"The pressure gets more and more and sometimes it's not about the best player who wins this tournament, it's the guy who can hold himself together and play solid snooker.
"It's not always about playing brilliant match after brilliant match, it's about steadying the ship sometimes and biding your time and pouncing."
While O'Sullivan begins against David Gilbert on Sunday, Bristol-born Trump must wait until Wednesday to tackle Liang Wenbo, the Chinese player who beat him at the UK Championship in December.
World No 5 Trump won the China Open at the start of April, just as he did before his run to his first Crucible final. He was a semi-finalist at the Crucible last year, losing to eventual champion Stuart Bingham, and his desire to take the title is immense.
"I've got enough experience now," he said. "There's no reason anymore why I shouldn't be winning here. I'm not too young, It's not come too early now, so there's no more excuses. I've had my five or 10 years of growing up.
"Ronnie won it when he was 25, which is quite old for someone that good, so if I win it this year or next year I'm still not far behind him and he's the greatest player ever.
"I'm still young but I've got a lot of experience that people my age shouldn't really have so I need to use that now."
