Quotes from Gerwyn Price

I didn't fulfil my rugby potential.

I thought maybe I'd stick it out for a year or two and then end up going back to Rugby but I was playing against better players week in week out.

I used to like to go out when I was younger; I would go out and have a few beers then go training on Sunday which probably wasn't the best thing to do.

You can boo me all you want, but I just play better and better week in, week out.

I used to enjoy the weekends more with my mates rather than putting in the hard graft to be a top player. If I could turn back time, Id probably appreciate my talent more but everything happens for a reason. Everyone learns from their mistakes and I have.

Cardiff is one of the smallest Premier League venues, but it's a good atmosphere and everything is so close. Obviously me being Welsh is even better.

When we're flat out playing darts, really that's my practice because we play practically every day of the week and then when I'm home I like to have some downtime with the family.

As a darts player when you're away, you're in your room 90% of the time, going to play darts, back to the room, sleep and play darts, that's the way it is.

Theres going to be a big target on my back but I cant wait to rise to that challenge. Im not going to be hiding from anyone.

I didnt even own my own set of darts until 2012 when my mate started a team in the pub and wed just play on a Friday night.

But really I like things tough and coming through a tight game against the best.

If it looks like water off a ducks back, Im hiding it well. Its difficult, sometimes really difficult, especially with your family watching. But I cant worry about that. I do actually like the crowds, and playing to them.

Ive won it once, and that might be enough for some people, but it isnt for me, he says. I want to do this again and again. I want to be called out as a multiple world champion, and spoken about like some of the greats of the game.

I just want to play well, be a good world champion and reach some TV major finals, pick up some trophies, but just be a good world champion and hopefully pick up some more majors.

The day after the worlds I was more relieved that Id won and become world No 1. But its different now. The next target is to win the Premier League and to defend my world title.

A lot of people can throw darts. Its just how they think about the game. Thats how Ive improved. My mind is different.

The first round is always the toughest one for me. Being in the final is probably easier. The more sets there are, the better it is for me.

I wasnt bothered about winning tournaments at the beginning. I just wanted to win enough money so I could stay on the tour, earn a living for my family. But then when you start to win, you just want more and more.

I came to darts from rugby and I was chucked into the deep end. Back then I never thought I could talk to anyone in an interview. But if you put me up to speak in front of 10 or 20 people now I still couldnt do that.

People are entitled to their opinions and can do what they want to do, but just a little bit of respect goes a long way.

But I got into it and bought a board that I put in the kitchen. I dont think the wife was very happy with that, but when I was cooking or got bored, I was on the dartboard and I just got better and better.

Since I started playing in the Premier League, I haven't really got a social life.

I can see on my social media and Snapchat, when I'm away sat in my room, all of my mates are in the pub, especially before lockdown when times were normal, they're all having a good time.

But every time the crowd boo me I try to turn that negative into a positive and seem to have done that better. Sometimes it drives me to play better and concentrate more when theyre booing. Sometimes when theyre not on my back, I cant get in the zone.