A biography for Phil Taylorhasn’t been written yet.
“I've got a small gym in my house so I can work my arms and shoulders.”
“After I left school at 16 I had three jobs: I worked in a ceramics factory, where I made toilet handles, I repaired cars for people and in the evenings and weekends I worked in a bar. I had to do them all to make ends meet.”
“It's not just the winning I like, it's the affection you get for winning. It's a lovely feeling, that.”
“You can get spoilt in this game, you know. You reach the point where you get a new car and don't get excited about it. You get complacent, and that's what you've got to watch for.”
“I would have been a fantastic captain in a football team or a manager because I would have motivated people.”
“People will know if you are telling the truth or lying. If you are doing commentary, why not tell the truth?”
“If I'm on a bus and an old lady gets on, I get up.”
“Max Hopp has a good style, lovely throw.”
“Confidence beats a lot of people.”
“I have always been 100% regimental and I haven't done what I should do and sometimes you can be a casualty of your own success.”
“I used to have to go to the board and hit three 180s before I'd allow myself to go to bed. Sometimes, I'd do it in five minutes but, on a bad night, it could take an hour.”
“During the year, when I'm not doing major tournaments, I'll go to the gym for about two to three hours in the morning and practise darts in the afternoon.”
“Boxers Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank would not have missed their rivalry for all the world, and I don't mind a bit of needle in darts if it helps to pay the bills.”
“Mum was nuts - you'd get a bucket of water over you if you refused to get out of bed.”
“During the 1990s I was dominating everything. People were saying they were beaten before we got on to the stage.”
“There's only one thing better than winning 14 world titles - and that's winning 15.”
“The baggage of celebrity can be very heavy.”
“I grew up in Mill Hill. All potteries, mining. Then once Maggie Thatcher closed the pits down, it became a bit depressed.”
“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.”
“I used to body build six or seven days a week. I was really, really fit. I wasn't naturally talented but I was fanatical at it. That's the problem with me, I've got a one-track mind.”