Eric Bristow Quotes

#1. Any sport where people earn a lot of money you are going to get groupies.

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#2. I was born at the right time. I was a freak - the only young player when darts took off in the 1970s.

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#3. It took me about 10 years to get rid of. I'm all right now, though, lovely, I'm throwing some nice darts at the moment, but every now and then I get a bit of a jump. I wish I could find a cure, I'd make a bloody fortune.

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#4. I love cheese and biscuits, the stronger the better.

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#5. It's all right buying all these good players but they've got to gel, and that takes time.

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#6. All this cuddling and kissing on stage these days, well it's all right in football when someone scores a goal, but not when you're playing darts.

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#7. When Phil Taylor is in the field - no matter whether it's tiddlywinks or the world championship at Alexandra Palace - he is the man to beat.

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#8. I like a drink, mate. I'll have maybe 10 or 12 pints on a good night out.

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#9. Nah, I don't watch TV either, apart from a few sports programmes. I just don't have the time.

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#10. You eat when you're hungry, and I'm not normally hungry in the mornings.

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#11. I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2.

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#12. My dad was an Arsenal supporter and he used to take me there, but I've always been Chelsea.

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#13. Ever since I've been 16, 15, that's all I've been doing: playing darts.

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#14. You can't drink too many otherwise you can't see what you're throwing at.

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#15. My dad bought me a dartboard for my 11th birthday, and I became intrigued by the game.

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#16. The Crafty Cockney had a picture of the owner dressed up as a copper, so I brought it home, wore it on TV and the name just stuck.

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#17. I'm not on Twitter or Facebook and don't even use email. I don't trust computers: one day they'll all break down, and everyone will be knackered.

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#18. I knew I didn't want to be stuck in Stoke Newington for the rest of my life, hanging about with idiots. That wasn't for me. I wanted to go out and have a look around.

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#19. Hopefully I've given something back to darts, which has been brilliant to me. Hopefully I made it a bit popular when I first started; I was part of the breakaway, and I also created a monster, so I think I've done a little bit.

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#20. Trouble is, I don't get to play a lot at the moment because I've just signed a contract where I've got to do 200 shows a year in pubs, so the golf's fallen away a bit.

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#21. I've got a nice little crafty deal with the people in Barbados; 10 days out there teaching the locals how to play darts for an hour a day. Get paid for that as well.

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#22. I play a lot of charity golf mainly. I'm a bandit 18 if I play two or three times a week.

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#23. I have two bowls of confidence for breakfast each morning.

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#24. Mark my words, Michael Van Gerwen will knock Phil Taylor off his perch one day and be the best darts player on the planet.

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#25. By the time I was 25 or 26, I would have earned a million, but if you looked in the bank account, it's not there because I've spent it. That's what it's there for. I don't want to be the richest bloke in the graveyard. Look at Elvis.

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