Words matter. These are the best Adrian Lewis Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Perhaps I should just motivate myself by buying trophy cabinets – so I have to fill them.
The majority of players are serious about being fitter. They are drinking diet coke instead of lager in the practice room and if I’m going to stay ahead, that’s what I’ll have to do.
I have the game for the pressure matches and now I just have to be consistent.
I am the best in the world.
When you first start playing, that’s your aim obviously, to win the world title.
When I am playing my game, I fear nobody.
I like stuff like ‘Top Gun.’ I like horror films. I love them.
You have to put in the extra hours away from the tournament. There’s no other option.
To tell you the truth I thought I was going to be in the building trade, I worked in a builders’ merchants in Stoke.
It was very hard when the newspapers were chasing me. It was also very weird. I know I’d just become world champion but shouldn’t they be following someone who has done something wrong?
Sometimes we complain about being on the road all the time, from tournaments to exhibitions and sponsors’ appearances, but really it’s a doddle.
I like to think I won’t change as a person, even if I go on to win 20 world titles. I will still be just a working-class lad from the Potteries, the same daft old me.
If you can beat Phil Taylor in the longer format you can beat anyone.
That’s the biggest one the Worlds, second is the World Matchplay and then you’d have to say the Premier League I think.
I think the mixture of pressure and elation after winning the world title took some getting used to and that impacted on my personal life big-time.
Darts is huge in the Philippines and Pacquiao is much bigger over there than David Beckham is here. I’m happy playing darts against him but I wouldn’t want to box him.
When I am not playing or practising, I like to spend time with the family.
If you don’t believe in yourself, who will?
It is a disgrace. I think darts should be at the Olympics. Obviously you’d have to cut out the drinking side of the game. But apart from that there’s no reason why it shouldn’t be there.
I’m two times world champion, I’ve got nothing to prove to anybody.
Because we’re playing tournaments week in and week out I’d think to myself, ‘What’s the point in practising?’ You have no down time to yourself and you’re looking for some to spend with your family and friends. But I’ve now realised that with the game so cut-throat and standards going up every week, it doesn’t work.
One World Championship is not enough. Probably eight is not enough. I’ve set a target of 10 and I’d like between eight and 10.
I’ve got respect for everybody I play but I don’t fear anybody. Nobody causes me sleepless nights.
When I won the first world title in 2011 I was practising six, seven or even more hours a day.
I need it to be do or die to really get focused.
The guys in the Premier League are about the 10 best in the world and that is what makes the event so special.
Some people say it is relaxing to fish. But not with me. I simply cannot switch off my competitive instincts.
One minute you’re nobody and the next thing you’ve got people following you around.
I was very proud after winning the World Championship the first time, so to win it three times, and consecutively, would be great.
Hobbies-wise, I love to carp fish. I like to be on the bank when I have some downtime.
I’m fed up of hearing that Adrian Lewis is so naturally talented blah blah blah. I’d rather hear that I’m winning.
The best mark of a player is to beat him over a long distance.
Success seems to go round in circles.
If you start badly, and the crowd get on your case, there is no way back. But if you start well and your confidence is high all that booing becomes music to your ears.
I always wear flat shoes for darts because a heel can put me off balance. I press the side of my shoe against the oche, not the toe. That puts my throwing arm a few inches closer to the board. Not everybody is the same but it works for me.
I know people say that we are a load of beer drinkers but we are far more professional these days. These critics should come and have a go at playing darts if they think it is so easy.
It’s very special to be the first winner in New Zealand. Phil Taylor has always said to me about trying to be the first player to win when we go to a new country and I’m over the moon to do that in Auckland.
Winning the U.K. Open’s a massive boost for my confidence.
When I’m flying, the big stage is the best time to show it.
I really enjoyed working on a building site. I also worked for a couple of months in a mobile phone repair shop. That just wasn’t me.
I’m brilliant at working out numbers up to 180 but if you ask me to split a restaurant bill I’m rubbish.
You go to a lot of cities they’ve got these great big footballer’s houses. There’s not many in Stoke-on-Trent.
In the Premier League you know you’ll play a certain amount of matches so you can always think ‘I’ll put it right next week’ if you lose.
You don’t hit an 11-darter unless you’re feeling good.
We don’t spend our lives at dartboards in the pub – we are at home practising.
It doesn’t matter what the weather is like – even if it’s minus 10 I will go out there and fish.
Sure, there’s pressure when you have one dart at double top when there’s a world ‘championship to be won, but real ‘pressure is what our troops are doing in ‘Afghanistan.
In a way getting fired up for these matches is what makes the Premier League the hardest tournament for me. Knowing I can lose and still be in the tournament probably makes me relax too much sometimes.
You can focus on the ranking events but I do miss the Premier League because it’s massive.
I’m just trying keep focused and believe in myself, that’s been my game plan.
