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.

Max Hopp has a good style, lovely throw.

I'm just a working class man who's done well for himself.

It's hard to keep a marriage when you're on the road all the time.

So much of sport is that mental attitude.

My attitude it that you don't give in.

I would never dream of telling them how to play but it would be amazing if England won the World Cup.

I used to have to go to the board and hit three 180s before I'd allow myself to go to bed. Sometimes, I'd do it in five minutes but, on a bad night, it could take an hour.

You know what, December's a funny time of the year, because the weather changes, the central heating comes on; sometimes you can get colds and coughs and flu.

There have been too many miles on the road. I have been doing six or seven exhibitions a week, two or three a night sometimes.

I have always been 100% regimental and I haven't done what I should do and sometimes you can be a casualty of your own success.

With darts it's just one against one, it's blow for blow. The only thing I could compare it to is boxing. It's dead exciting. You're reacting to each other, the adrenaline's pumping. You don't feel calm at all. But it's all about being able to win when you're pumped up. People say you don't play the player; I play the player every time.

I used to body build six or seven days a week. I was really, really fit. I wasn't naturally talented but I was fanatical at it. That's the problem with me, I've got a one-track mind.

You can't teach people to win, it's in you, you've either got it or you haven't.

I can see when people's minds are wrong. You can see when a footballer's going to miss a penalty.

I love winning. It is a fantastic feeling.

Do I miss the darts? No, not at all. It has been great not to get up in the morning and have to be dedicated anymore. That is the best part.

When we were travelling in different countries I felt like I was jetlagged eight months of the year.

If you told me I was at number 34 Blake Street, I'd immediately think 'double 17.' If I was at number 37, I'd think 'five, double 16.'

You get about 20 people in the audience calling you a cheat. It hurts your feelings.

If I want to keep playing, I've got to take care of myself.

My mum and dad worked in the pottery industry.

Dad didn't earn a big wage but even if he was really ill he'd go to work.

I worked as an engineer before going into ceramics, making insulators. It was my job, so I got it done. But I also had a lot of pride in myself.

It's been marvellous. I've had a fantastic career.

I want to win, I've still got the fire in the belly to win, it's just the old utensils are not working as good as they used to.

The world is a dangerous place and I've had a nice fanbase without any of the hassle.

Without me there wouldn't be a PDC.

If I'm on a bus and an old lady gets on, I get up.

I hate suitcases. With a passion.

Stoke's a depressed area, so people are working hard to get out of it.

It's good to remember where you come from.

It's not just the winning I like, it's the affection you get for winning. It's a lovely feeling, that.

After I left school at 16 I had three jobs: I worked in a ceramics factory, where I made toilet handles, I repaired cars for people and in the evenings and weekends I worked in a bar. I had to do them all to make ends meet.

In 1990 I qualified to play in the World Championships for the first time. I was ranked 125-1 to win but I knew I could do it.

I love liver and onions or a roast dinner.

Some tournaments are played in one day - you might start at nine o'clock in the morning and it won't end till one o'clock the next morning.

I am on a fat-free diet for most of the year, but before 'the worlds,' I tend to relax on the diet a bit to concentrate on darts.

If you cut the fat out of your diet you feel more energetic, for sure.

When I was 30 I became world champion and that's when I started to make a living.

Made a fortune, made millions but it's not everything.

Like Sir Alex Ferguson, I was so used to winning that I couldn't get used to the idea of losing.