Quotes from Phil Taylor

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

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.

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

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.

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.