The Whirlwind has been a force to be reckoned with on snooker tables for over four decades, and now, aged 62, Jimmy White is not letting up. The six-time World Snooker Championship finalist continues to captivate his loyal fanbase, which spans from his glory days in the 80s and 90s to the present. Despite no longer vying for titles at the top tier, White, whose place among the sport's legends is well-established, feels as formidable as ever . This was evident in the first round of World Championship qualifying on Monday when he made a comeback from 7-3 down to beat 20-year-old Anton Kazakov 10-9 in a match that ended at 1:20am. White will next go head-to-head with Ashley Carty in the second round, aiming to qualify for the Crucible proper for the first time since 2006. After coming down from his potting peak, White believes his striking skills are still top-notch - and a surprising ADHD diagnosis , coupled with lockdown-induced boredom, has only bolstered his game. "Well, I think in the 90s, I was a bit of a party person," confessed White, who is part of TNT Sports' snooker punditry team for the worlds. "I didn't practice, and I didn't really... I sort of thought... I got beat in the last final in '94, and it was sort of like, from then on, I was mainly on the road doing shows. Not practicing. "In the last two years, I got diagnosed with ADHD. ADHD sufferers think ten things at once. Now, I've got that sorted, so I'm sort of on a normal playing field, concentration-wise. So, all of a sudden, my game has come on heaps and bounds. During lockdown, where there was nothing to do, I started playing, and then I realised that I'm still as good as anyone out there - my game. You see, snooker's not like boxing or football. You don't have a time. Obviously, [only] if your eyes are okay and you've got the enthusiasm to practice. "Where I'm lucky - I was naturally talented. I sort of thought to myself that... [If] I'm able to sort of bring that to the highest level again... I've got nothing to prove. I purely do it for my fans who still follow me. And my game. If I didn't think I could win, I wouldn't play. So, it's not financial. I never actually played snooker for money. "The game fascinates me. It's given me a fantastic life. I've met some amazing people. I've travelled the world, and I've done a full circle. Now, all of a sudden, I'm back, willing to win. So, I could be dangerous." Whilst globetrotting, White decided to seek an ADHD diagnosis. Receiving confirmation from a specialist, the 62-year-old insists that his previously high-octane lifestyle masked the disorder, and discovering it has now led him to attain a newfound level of concentration. "I was on a plane, and I was sitting next to a guy, just talking general life, a long flight," White recounted. "And he said to me, at the end 'I have got ADHD. Have you ever been tested for it?' I thought, 'That's a bit of a strange thing to say to a stranger.' Anyway, I went away. I did an online test, and it's inconclusive. Then I see an expert. And if you do this test with a proper ADHD expert, it's got 26 per cent, and you've got ADHD, and I got 52 per cent. "I think my party lifestyle was compressing a lot of the ADHD without knowing. ADHD and these sorts of diagnoses of these things weren't really around 30 years ago. So, it's been a tremendous help for me, and I think I've helped a lot of people with it. It's been a great thing to find out. My attitude was win or lose, have a booze, you know? Which is crazy. But you're just so happy to be playing in them days and travelling the world. You get wrapped up. There were only four TV channels at that stage, and snooker was as popular as football. "It got to a stage where I got wrapped up in that sort of not real world, if you like. And not knowing unto me, the strain I was putting on my body through the life I was living, I think were compressing the ADHD. Because, as an ADHD sufferer, for example, I was playing, I could be sitting there and I'm thinking of ten different things. Then all of a sudden, you're sitting in your seat. "Snooker's the only sport in the world that you can do nothing at all when your opponent is at the table. Golf, you have a shot. Everything else... Snooker, you have to sit there and wait until the other guy's finished. There's a long time in your seat to stay focused. When you're young, it's a lot easier. When you're older, obviously, you drift. So now I've got the ADHD in order, I have a chance to be focused from start to finish, which is great." Qualifying for the Crucible is no small task - particularly at 62 years old - but with his newfound focus and relentless determination, that's exactly what White is aiming to achieve, and he's gotten off to the perfect start. "It would be a huge achievement for me," White confessed. "Probably, five years ago, I thought that was an impossibility. Now I know it's just the stage of it all connecting. Because the game's in good shape. Obviously, there's so many good players around to qualify for the Crucible. It's like winning the tournament itself. You have to win four matches, best of 19. But I'm really calm, and I'm really happy with my game." TNT Sports is the new Home of Snooker. Watch every moment of the World Snooker Championship, including qualifying, live across TNT Sports and discovery