Boxers Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank would not have missed their rivalry for all the world, and I don't mind a bit of needle in darts if it helps to pay the bills.

Money doesn't mean anything. It's just money.

People think that being rich is all about having money. But the times I've had the most money is when I've been unhappiest.

During the year, when I'm not doing major tournaments, I'll go to the gym for about two to three hours in the morning and practise darts in the afternoon.

Everything goes with age. Your eyesight, your energy levels.

I've got a small gym in my house so I can work my arms and shoulders.

I'm a little like Roy Keane. Mentally I'm very strong. I'm very hungry. I'm very dedicated. You can't throw me off my stride. That's how I break people. I just don't care what they do. They can throw 180, 180 and 180 again and I'm like, 'so what?' They've got to keep it up to beat me.

We had this little yard, and during the summer holidays, when my mum and dad were working, I spent hours bowling a golf ball at a stick. Just bowling, bowling, bowling. And I got to where I could hit the stick every time, repeating the same action. That's where the darts came from.

I don't get an eighth of the attention of David Beckham, but it's still pretty heavy.

I grew up in Mill Hill. All potteries, mining. Then once Maggie Thatcher closed the pits down, it became a bit depressed.

You can't afford to be lazy in this business, and in the past I've used all the travelling and the hotels as an excuse not to stick to exercise regimes and looking after myself.

I'd ban drinking from darts.

I'll never be able to stop working or playing darts.

Confidence beats a lot of people.

Money brings jealousy and bitterness.

Money is great for paying the bills and putting food in the cupboard and in the fridge. But winning titles is different altogether. It's what you do, it's your living.

In any sport, you need a rival.

When we play in the Pro Tour there's no crowds in, so you can concentrate better. The others play better as well, there's players who can't play too good on TV but on the floor when it's nice and quiet they can bang them in, let me tell you.

I do get addicted to stuff. I tried playing golf and I was soon going twice a day.

The games you lose are the games you can remember.

Sometimes I'm playing darts in my sleep and I wake myself up. I hate it.

You can get spoilt in this game, you know. You reach the point where you get a new car and don't get excited about it. You get complacent, and that's what you've got to watch for.

You can't know the dedication it takes to win 16 world titles until you do it yourself. I didn't know what John Lowe had to do before me. I respected him because that's how I was brought up - but I respect him more now that I've done it myself.

There are a few things I lost which I shouldn't have lost. I know what I did wrong. I was lazy.

I don't know why I am liked. I think it's probably because I've just been normal, not been flash or tried to hurt anybody. I'm not one for going out and going to nightclubs. I'd rather stay in and watch a good movie.

I've got a friend who has a juice business and he brings boxes round and fills up my fridge with fruit and vegetable juices.

Sometimes getting beaten isn't such a bad thing. It gives me a chance to look at myself in a new way.

There are certain things I wish I could turn back the clock for.

When I first started doing exhibitions, you'd have 20 people down the pub, if you were lucky.

These youngsters coming into the sport are bright lads. They see how much money there is now and they realise you've got to be fitter and stronger than the others.

Down the years, I have always enjoyed playing Raymond van Barneveld. There is always a frisson of excitement in the air, an edge to the contest that makes the sap rise, but it stops short of pure enmity.

There's only one thing better than winning 14 world titles - and that's winning 15.

I treat Adrian Lewis as if he were my own son.

I would have been a fantastic captain in a football team or a manager because I would have motivated people.

Mum was nuts - you'd get a bucket of water over you if you refused to get out of bed.

I used to watch a lot of people and think, 'You're not dedicated.' It's half an hour into the game and they have dropped their standard. They weren't putting the effort in.

It can be a quick career if you don't perform properly. If some of these pros don't do something to reinvent themselves, they're going to go down the rankings as quick as anything.

I eat, breathe and sleep darts.

I'm good friends with Robbie Williams because we both grew up in Stoke and our dads went to the same pubs. His dad, Pete, is like my second dad, I can talk to him about anything and I see him most weeks. And Rob is brilliant, a really generous, lovely bloke.

I can sit down and watch the Discovery channel and see something on nuclear submarines that gets me thinking about torpedoes and darts . Or I can see a documentary about someone preparing for a big challenge and I'll use the same techniques. You always need to aim to get better.

The baggage of celebrity can be very heavy.

People are determined to play well against me because they don't want to look silly and lose 6-0. But then, when I'm playing my best, it's weird. Their heads drop and it's like they're suddenly frightened.

My dad was only 57 when he died. That's one of the things that makes me worried. You never know what's around the corner. I don't want to go at 57 and not having done anything but played darts.

I think we've got every chance of being an Olympic sport and, if they did put us in, I know they'd sell a lot of tickets and the atmosphere would be fantastic. I would love to see it, I really would. If you want to sell tickets and get thousands of people there, then do it.

Every time I watch myself on TV I have to go on a diet.

It's a sign you were playing well when you can't remember it.

I watched my children grow up, then they left home and had their own children. You miss them.

During the 1990s I was dominating everything. People were saying they were beaten before we got on to the stage.

My mum and dad always brought me up like that. You go to work, you do your best.

I used to go into the practice room when I played county. Sometimes I wasn't playing until five or six o'clock in the afternoon, and I was there at 9 A.M. The cleaners were hoovering around me.