37 Quotes by Eric Bristow

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    I've got a nice little crafty deal with the people in Barbados; 10 days out there teaching the locals how to play darts for an hour a day. Get paid for that as well.

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    My dad was an Arsenal supporter and he used to take me there, but I've always been Chelsea.

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    Hopefully I've given something back to darts, which has been brilliant to me. Hopefully I made it a bit popular when I first started; I was part of the breakaway, and I also created a monster, so I think I've done a little bit.

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    Ever since I've been 16, 15, that's all I've been doing: playing darts.

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    All this cuddling and kissing on stage these days, well it's all right in football when someone scores a goal, but not when you're playing darts.

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    In 1987 I got dartitis, a psychological condition which means you can't let your darts go properly. For a time, I wondered what the hell I was going to do if I didn't recover. But I remained positive and, thankfully, got over it. It occurred during the Swedish Open when I found I couldn't let the darts go.

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