It's just over two years since Corkman Aaron Hill caught the attention of the snooker world when he defeated six-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan at the European Masters in Milton Keynes.
Hill was just 18 years old and found himself catapulted into the limelight as the hype and expectation around his career went into overdrive.
However, the brutal grind of the pro game soon brought him back down to earth.
He dropped off the tour, only regaining his professional status last May when he beat China's Zhao Jianbo in Sheffield to come through Q School.
On Tuesday, he pulled off another big shock - this time knocking last year's World Championship finalist Judd Trump out of the Northern Ireland Open with a 4-1 victory in Belfast.
It was a great moment for Hill, and after a rocky two years, it's one he fully appreciated.
"It's an absolutely brilliant feeling," he told World Snooker.
"I stayed positive the whole match and said I'd rather go out by missing something than playing defensive. I played my own game from the get-go, attacked, played some good snooker. I'm really happy with how I got over the line.
"It means the world to me. When I had a big win against Ronnie two years ago I didn't quite back it up because I was inexperienced. When I started losing matches after that expectations started to build. It just felt like a monkey on my shoulders, and I couldn't get him off.
"When I dropped off the tour that kind of gave me a different perspective. When I got through Q-School it was the biggest relief ever. Hopefully now I won't look back."
Hill has a last-32 meeting with Tom Ford at the Northern Ireland Open on Wednesday night.
He will hope to reproduce the form that saw him turn over Trump but won't be taking anything for granted. Learning to roll with the punches and not get too down on himself has been a crucial part of his personal development.
"I don't want to be just out there playing the likes of Judd and Ronnie - I want to be going out and there and beating them and on a more consistent level," added Hill.
"I know I'm good enough to be getting these kinds of results, it's just about trying to find a bit of consistency now. I'm really happy with how my game is. Hopefully I can kick on.
"The things that were going through my head playing snooker a year ago, even a couple of months ago, it's not the right things to be thinking. You channel yourself to think negative thoughts in that seat when you're out there. That's not the person I am. I'm a positive person.
"I learned a few tools in the last couple of months there. The only thing you have in life is your mind. Why would you turn it against you? It's your best friend, keep it on your side and you'll get results like I did tonight."
