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

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.

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

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 certain things I wish I could turn back the clock for.

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.

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'd ban drinking from darts.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

I eat, breathe and sleep darts.

I'm good friends with Robbie Williams because we both grew up in Stoke and our dads went to the same pubs. His dad, Pete, is like my second dad, I can talk to him about anything and I see him most weeks. And Rob is brilliant, a really generous, lovely bloke.

I can sit down and watch the Discovery channel and see something on nuclear submarines that gets me thinking about torpedoes and darts . Or I can see a documentary about someone preparing for a big challenge and I'll use the same techniques. You always need to aim to get better.

The baggage of celebrity can be very heavy.

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.

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.

I think we've got every chance of being an Olympic sport and, if they did put us in, I know they'd sell a lot of tickets and the atmosphere would be fantastic. I would love to see it, I really would. If you want to sell tickets and get thousands of people there, then do it.

Every time I watch myself on TV I have to go on a diet.

It's a sign you were playing well when you can't remember it.

I watched my children grow up, then they left home and had their own children. You miss them.

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

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

I used to go into the practice room when I played county. Sometimes I wasn't playing until five or six o'clock in the afternoon, and I was there at 9 A.M. The cleaners were hoovering around me.

Max Hopp has a good style, lovely throw.

I'm just a working class man who's done well for himself.

It's hard to keep a marriage when you're on the road all the time.