Everything you get in life, you have to work hard for. And if you're not willing to get out of bed and work then you're not going to progress.

My opponents are irrelevant. It's all about which Rob turns up. If I get it right, I can win anything.

I just need to build myself up and get myself in the right place and if I do that I'm going to play great darts all the time.

Since having three kids, and the responsibility that goes with it, I know what it's like to graft for money.

My old life was really hard. I had to get up at 4:30 A.M. in the morning to pay the bills. You know that if you don't turn up you don't get paid. It has really helped me knuckle down as a dart player and treat it like a job.

Once I got my card, I had a goal to make the top 64 and to try and keep my Tour card for the following year and to progress nicely. But to progress at the rate I have, and to feel as comfortable as I am starting to feel - I have to pinch myself.

When you win the Worlds, everyone expects a little bit more which is fair enough, but just the first crack of a whole year doing all the World Series and the Premier League; it adds up.

I would say darts is probably 15 per cent throwing. The rest of it is mental strength. Being able to hold your nerve.

Most people that develop in darts or any sport probably take two or three years to find their feet.

I wouldn't wish my worst enemy bad luck.

When the crowd's against you, sometimes that can spur you on alone.

I was never a big traveller - if I wasn't working, I would have a job to get out of my own postcode.

My target has always been world No.1, I want that.

I always try to conduct myself in the right way - I always speak honestly and from the heart.

I only play to win. I don't like losing. I never look at the money or the bigger picture.

Without my family, it wouldn't have been possible to do what I have done. They know I play darts for them - that everything is to give them a better life.

I missed the birth of my third child through darts. I saw her three times in eight weeks. It was very hard. You head does get a little bit scrambled because you are not there.

If you want to do well you have to sacrifice certain things.

I actually gave up playing darts for three years after my little boy was born.

I might play darts on TV now but really I've not changed.

Being a world champion was great, don't get me wrong, but it also caused me a lot of problems.

My wife looked after children with disabilities. She is brilliant at it. I admire her because I could not do it, it would be heart-wrenching. It takes a real sort of person to do that and not get attached because I would.

I've never cheated at anything.

I'm not a massive spender. I look at the bank balance building, but it just looks like Monopoly money, really.