Quotes from Phil Taylor

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

So much of sport is that mental attitude.

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.

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.

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

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.

That first world title has to be the most wonderful moment and to beat Bristow, the No 1 in the world, was the ultimate. There's not many matches I remember, but I do remember that one, remember playing really, really well. Bristow was so upset he wouldn't talk to me for a few weeks after I beat him.

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

I love liver and onions or a roast dinner.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Well, when you've got nothing, you're always looking forward to having something.

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