Quotes from Adrian Lewis

I know what to expect from the crowd and enjoy playing in front of the big crowds.

I'm fed up of hearing that Adrian Lewis is so naturally talented blah blah blah. I'd rather hear that I'm winning.

I think the mixture of pressure and elation after winning the world title took some getting used to and that impacted on my personal life big-time.

I think that winning a third World Championship would really take me up to another level in the sport.

Winning the U.K. Open's a massive boost for my confidence.

When I start winning big tournaments I don't think I'll just win tournaments, I think I'll blow them away.

I was very proud after winning the World Championship the first time, so to win it three times, and consecutively, would be great.

You can focus on the ranking events but I do miss the Premier League because it's massive.

Sure, there's pressure when you have one dart at double top when there's a world 'championship to be won, but real 'pressure is what our troops are doing in 'Afghanistan.

I was in Las Vegas, playing on the fruit machines. I was only 20 at the time and I won the jackpot of $72,000, of which I couldn't claim.

When I throw a dart, even when I'm looking I know if I've missed or hit as soon as I release the dart.

I like to think I won't change as a person, even if I go on to win 20 world titles. I will still be just a working-class lad from the Potteries, the same daft old me.

I'm two times world champion, I've got nothing to prove to anybody.

It was very hard when the newspapers were chasing me. It was also very weird. I know I'd just become world champion but shouldn't they be following someone who has done something wrong?

Everybody gets a bit tired now and then but that's what being a world champion is all about. You just deal with it.

It's all about timing and taking out big shots at the right time.

When you first start playing, that's your aim obviously, to win the world title.

Of course I want to add more titles all the time.

I always wear flat shoes for darts because a heel can put me off balance. I press the side of my shoe against the oche, not the toe. That puts my throwing arm a few inches closer to the board. Not everybody is the same but it works for me.

You go to a lot of cities they've got these great big footballer's houses. There's not many in Stoke-on-Trent.

We're all trying so hard to win each of these World Series events and the standard now is phenomenal but it's great that everyone's pushing each other.

That's the biggest one the Worlds, second is the World Matchplay and then you'd have to say the Premier League I think.

You have to get yourself right for the Worlds. If you can't get yourself right for that you shouldn't be playing.

The worst I encountered was Peter Manley talking behind me as I threw during our world championship quarter-final back in 2006.