Darts Sid Waddell Quotes

#1. Phil Taylor's got the consistency of a planet ... and he's in a darts orbit!

Sid Waddell

#2. Steve Beaton - The adonis of darts, what poise, what elegance - a true roman gladiator with plenty of hair wax.

Sid Waddell

#3. The thing with darts players is they have always appeared available. They don't have to live like monks. I've only ever met one dry player in 35 years.

Sid Waddell

#4. She ran a finger along the back of his ear. It felt dangerous and thrilling, but not as dangerous and thrilling as it would have been to touch him while he was looking at her.

Maggie Stiefvater

#5. Hugh consoled me, saying, "Don't let it get to you. There are plenty of things you're good at."
When asked for some examples, he listed vacuuming and naming stuffed animals. He says he can probably come up with a few more, but he'll need some time to think.

David Sedaris

#6. William Tell could take an apple off your head, [Phil] Taylor could take out a processed pea.

Sid Waddell

#7. But I do know that any place where there are six novels by the author of Pride and Prejudice must be a very special sort of heaven.

Laurie Viera Rigler

#8. More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the body. The most valuable of all are the treasures of the heart.

Nichiren

#9. It's a form of mental and verbal gymnastics, and one of the things that appeals to me most about commenting on darts is that no one knows exactly what I'm going to come out with next - and neither do I.

Sid Waddell

#10. Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength.

Sid Waddell

#11. Because nobody goes through life without a scar.

Carol Burnett

#12. Keith Deller's not just an underdog, he's an underpuppy!

Sid Waddell

#13. Tennis is a 100-mph chess match.

Gabriela Sabatini

#14. Steve Beaton, he's not Adonis, he's THE donis.

Sid Waddell

#15. The thing about darts is that you've got to shout. It's not like cricket where you can talk to Michael Atherton and ask him to analyse the bloody nuances. Darts does not have nuances. You've got to hurl yourself at it.

Sid Waddell

#16. People think I write fantasy, but I don't. Some things may be exaggerated or distorted, but they're realistic figures ... There's nothing incredible about it.

Joe Orton