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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

The games you lose are the games you can remember.

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

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.

In any sport, you need a rival.

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.

Money brings jealousy and bitterness.

Confidence beats a lot of people.

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

I'd ban drinking from darts.

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

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

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'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.

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

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

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.