Gerwyn Price

“You dont mind booing through games. The crowd pay their money, and thats how you earn a living. I can take a bit of the pantomime villain. But if youre going for a double, thats when you should just get a little bit of respect.”

“I didnt even own my own set of darts until 2012 when my mate started a team in the pub and wed just play on a Friday night.”

“I didn't fulfil my rugby potential.”

“Cardiff is one of the smallest Premier League venues, but it's a good atmosphere and everything is so close. Obviously me being Welsh is even better.”

“Everything happens for a reason. Like when Im asked if I regret not taking the next steps as a rugby player. Well, If I had I likely wouldn't have done what I have in darts.”

“People are entitled to their opinions and can do what they want to do, but just a little bit of respect goes a long way.”

“It's unbelievable pressure. Not everybody will get to feel that sort of pressure, to have a dart to win a World Championship.”

“But I got into it and bought a board that I put in the kitchen. I dont think the wife was very happy with that, but when I was cooking or got bored, I was on the dartboard and I just got better and better.”

“Ive won it once, and that might be enough for some people, but it isnt for me, he says. I want to do this again and again. I want to be called out as a multiple world champion, and spoken about like some of the greats of the game.”

“I came to darts from rugby and I was chucked into the deep end. Back then I never thought I could talk to anyone in an interview. But if you put me up to speak in front of 10 or 20 people now I still couldnt do that.”

“Since I started playing in the Premier League, I haven't really got a social life.”

“But the desire is there to stay at the top of this game for as long as I can.”

“I just want to play well, be a good world champion and reach some TV major finals, pick up some trophies, but just be a good world champion and hopefully pick up some more majors.”

“I used to like to go out when I was younger; I would go out and have a few beers then go training on Sunday which probably wasn't the best thing to do.”

“When we're flat out playing darts, really that's my practice because we play practically every day of the week and then when I'm home I like to have some downtime with the family.”

“The day after the worlds I was more relieved that Id won and become world No 1. But its different now. The next target is to win the Premier League and to defend my world title.”

“But every time the crowd boo me I try to turn that negative into a positive and seem to have done that better. Sometimes it drives me to play better and concentrate more when theyre booing. Sometimes when theyre not on my back, I cant get in the zone.”

“You can boo me all you want, but I just play better and better week in, week out.”

“If it came to a World Championship final playing Michael van Gerwen in a last-leg decider and people were booing, that would hurt.”

“I can see on my social media and Snapchat, when I'm away sat in my room, all of my mates are in the pub, especially before lockdown when times were normal, they're all having a good time.”