A brilliant all-round cue sports player, Quinten is a champion at pool as well as snooker. At the age of only 15 he reached the finals of both the Australian Under-18 and Under-21 events even though he lost in both. The previous season, when only 14, he had reached the final of the senior Australian Amateur championship. He was the youngest ever competitor in that event and went on to become the youngest ever to take part in the world amateur championships a few months later. In Helsinki in 1994 he beat England's David Gray 11-10 to win the IBSF World Under-21 Championship. The following year he turned professional.

In 1995/96, his first season on the tour, he failed to get beyond the qualifying stages but still achieved a ranking of 237. The next season saw him in the last 64 of the UK Championship and he then went on to reach his first quarter final in the Thailand Open and, as a result, leapt up 133 places to 104th. 1997/98 opened with a last 32 place in both the Grand Prix and the UK Championship followed by the last 16 in the German Open. He ended the season by qualifying for the Crucible for the first time and made anther huge leap up the rankings to 45th. A succession of last 32 finishes in 1998/99 took him into the top 32 at number 26. He also won the multi cue sports, Lindrum Masters both in 1998 and 1999.

Despite his success, he was never happy with all the travelling involved in continuing to live in his native Australia and he also became often frustrated when he failed to perform at his best. He knew he was good enough to beat the very best and often showed his annoyance when he failed to do so.

A serious accident caused him to miss half of the 1999/2000 season but he just managed to hang on to his top 32 place. He enjoys many dangerous pastimes and another accident caused him to begin the 2000/01 season with an injured foot necessitating him hobbling around the table in his socks. He still managed to reach the quarter finals of the UK Championship and later in the season got to the same stage of the Thailand Masters. Solid performances in the other events raised his ranking to 25th.

At the start of 2001/02 Quinten was provisionally in line for a place in the elite top 16 and he knew that with reasonable consistency he should make it. He lost his opening match in only two events and even though he never got further than the last 16, he guaranteed his place with a first round victory over Dave Harold in the world championships.

Controversy has followed him throughout his career mainly as a result of his volatile temperament. He has been prone to smash up the pack of reds, pool style, at the start of a game. Even though he says he believes it gives him a 50-50 chance of a pot, his success rate is very low. He once conceded a frame with 13 reds left on the table and has played reckless snooker when he feels everything is going against him. There can however be no doubting his talent and that, if he can get his mind set on the job in hand he has the ability to go to the very top of the game. Perhaps reaching the top 16 will be the spur he needs to show us all how good he really is in which case it can only be a matter of time before he starts winning titles.
 

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