Michael van Gerwen

“I try to watch a movie to relax, talk with the people close to me. But I look at other games to see what I can change, see what I can do better.”

“I would like to be a dad in the future, and make a family.”

“They'll do anything possible to put me off and do anything to beat me. There's only a few players that don't do anything. Sometimes I think, 'Is there any need for it?' But on the other side, I grow past it.”

“Never underestimate me, simple.”

“How's your focus? How's your sleep been? What's the combination between your private life and work life? It's not complicated, but it's very difficult. There are loads of different parts. Everything has to be good to create something phenomenal at a dartboard.”

“My mind should only be on my game and not what the crowd does.”

“They are going to break and reset my upper and lower jaw. My upper jaw, they are going to take it six millimetres forward and my lower jaw they are going to put back just three millimetres.”

“My bar is much higher than any other player. If I don't reach my bar then they say 'Ah, poor year.'”

“I've been under pressure so many times, and most of the time, I've survived.”

“You can say whatever you want, but to have the mindset is something totally different.”

“That's what you want going into the World Championship, you want to go in with a good feeling.”

“Every tournament has something special.”

“I don't fancy a Ferrari, they are too small for me.”

“That's hard to do, trying to become a winner. You first need to know what it's like to lose before you can win something.”

“You get judged on your performances. That's how it is.”

“As long as you keep working, keep digging, then everything works out.”

“I love my family. I love them more than anything else in the world. When I go away and come back home I'm really glad I am back again, not only for my wife but for my kids as well.”

“I have so many great memories at the Ally Pally. Great wins, tough defeats, that is the way it goes.”

“I need to make sure I do the right thing for myself.”

“If somebody plays really well against you and you only make one mistake, the game is gone.”