Quotes from Phil Taylor

It's been marvellous. I've had a fantastic career.

Money brings jealousy and bitterness.

When we were travelling in different countries I felt like I was jetlagged eight months of the year.

Money is great for paying the bills and putting food in the cupboard and in the fridge. But winning titles is different altogether. It's what you do, it's your living.

People think that being rich is all about having money. But the times I've had the most money is when I've been unhappiest.

I can see when people's minds are wrong. You can see when a footballer's going to miss a penalty.

The baggage of celebrity can be very heavy.

Down the years, I have always enjoyed playing Raymond van Barneveld. There is always a frisson of excitement in the air, an edge to the contest that makes the sap rise, but it stops short of pure enmity.

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.

You get about 20 people in the audience calling you a cheat. It hurts your feelings.

There's only one thing better than winning 14 world titles - and that's winning 15.

I think we've got every chance of being an Olympic sport and, if they did put us in, I know they'd sell a lot of tickets and the atmosphere would be fantastic. I would love to see it, I really would. If you want to sell tickets and get thousands of people there, then do it.