Quotes from Phil Taylor

I believe I'll still be winning world titles at 50 and beyond.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

When I won the worlds in 1990, I won 70 out of the next 72 or 74 tournaments.

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.

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.

It's unbelievable to have come through a field of 64 of the best players I've seen for a long time.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Money brings jealousy and bitterness.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.