Adrian Lewis Quotes

Adrian Lewis

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 21, 1985

I like stuff like 'Top Gun.' I like horror films. I love them.

Adrian Lewis

I'm fed up of hearing that Adrian Lewis is so naturally talented blah blah blah. I'd rather hear that I'm winning.

Adrian Lewis

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?

Adrian Lewis

After school I went to work at a builders' merchant in Stoke. After we finished on a Friday, it was down to the Duke of York for a drink with my mates and a game of darts. Unfortunately for them I had a natural talent and nobody could beat me.

Adrian Lewis

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.

Adrian Lewis

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.

Adrian Lewis

That's the biggest one the Worlds, second is the World Matchplay and then you'd have to say the Premier League I think.

Adrian Lewis

Every time you come to Glasgow, it is going to be tough because the crowd don't like me. When they are swearing at you and booing, it's hard.

Adrian Lewis

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.

Adrian Lewis

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.

Adrian Lewis

When I throw a dart, even when I'm looking I know if I've missed or hit as soon as I release the dart.

Adrian Lewis

Success seems to go round in circles.

Adrian Lewis

There is always room for improvement even if you're getting 110 averages.

Adrian Lewis

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.

Adrian Lewis

One minute you're nobody and the next thing you've got people following you around.

Adrian Lewis

I was a goalkeeper at Crewe as a kid but piled on pounds when I stopped training every day.

Adrian Lewis

The only person I've got to prove to is myself.

Adrian Lewis

It's important to spend some time with your family. You've got to get the right balance. If it's all darts, you'll then just burn out.

Adrian Lewis

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.

Adrian Lewis

When I was younger I got accused of gamesmanship but I grew out of it.

Adrian Lewis