I was born at the right time. I was a freak - the only young player when darts took off in the 1970s. Eric Bristow More Quotes by Eric Bristow More Quotes From Eric Bristow 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. Eric Bristow cuddling kissing football I like a drink, mate. I'll have maybe 10 or 12 pints on a good night out. Eric Bristow mates drink good-night My dad was an Arsenal supporter and he used to take me there, but I've always been Chelsea. Eric Bristow take-me dad used I have two bowls of confidence for breakfast each morning. Eric Bristow morning two breakfast You can't drink too many otherwise you can't see what you're throwing at. Eric Bristow throwing drink I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2. Eric Bristow legs australia winning The Crafty Cockney had a picture of the owner dressed up as a copper, so I brought it home, wore it on TV and the name just stuck. Eric Bristow tvs names home 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. Eric Bristow nice teaching play I play a lot of charity golf mainly. I'm a bandit 18 if I play two or three times a week. Eric Bristow play golf two Nah, I don't watch TV either, apart from a few sports programmes. I just don't have the time. Eric Bristow tvs sports watches I love cheese and biscuits, the stronger the better. Eric Bristow biscuits cheesy stronger You eat when you're hungry, and I'm not normally hungry in the mornings. Eric Bristow hungry ice-cream morning It took me about 10 years to get rid of. I'm all right now, though, lovely, I'm throwing some nice darts at the moment, but every now and then I get a bit of a jump. I wish I could find a cure, I'd make a bloody fortune. Eric Bristow me moment nice wish 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. Eric Bristow back think me done Mark my words, Michael Van Gerwen will knock Phil Taylor off his perch one day and be the best darts player on the planet. Eric Bristow words will best day It's all right buying all these good players but they've got to gel, and that takes time. Eric Bristow players right good time Trouble is, I don't get to play a lot at the moment because I've just signed a contract where I've got to do 200 shows a year in pubs, so the golf's fallen away a bit. Eric Bristow moment trouble play golf I don't read books. Eric Bristow read books Ever since I've been 16, 15, that's all I've been doing: playing darts. Eric Bristow ever playing doing been I knew I didn't want to be stuck in Stoke Newington for the rest of my life, hanging about with idiots. That wasn't for me. I wanted to go out and have a look around. Eric Bristow my-life look me life
