Adrian Lewis Quotes

I was 15 when I got my first job as a proofreader for an advertising agency in the City, earning £12 a week. But by then, I was already playing darts tournaments every weekend, regularly winning the £50 first prize. By the time I was 16 and winning two or three contests a weekend, I ditched the agency job and concentrated on darts.

I can only compare myself to the players I was playing against. To say I won the Order of Merit playing only seven events out of 17 was to me a big achievement.

I don't feel an obligation to go by the rankings - we all know how those rankings are produced anyway. I want to go out there and fight the money fight.

Winning a pro tournament is another step toward getting fights against higher-ranked opponents.

Can anyone tell me what Jon Jones was ranked when he fought for the UFC title? No one knows. I believe, in that aspect, it was easier to get fights back then. It wasn't, 'What's this guy ranked?' You fought, made your money, and went home.

I think women's tennis is so open. Anyone in the top 30 can do damage in the big tournaments.

I don't care where I'm at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That's about it.

The only reason I want to climb up the rankings - beating the champion and beating guys in the top five - those are the guys that get the endorsements and get the most money and get paid the most. That's the only reason why.

But you are always remembered for how many Slams you win, not weeks at No. 1.

Everything within a half-a-minute or a half-an-inch is gold, silver, bronze or nothing.

When I think football, I think Manchester United. I still support United and always will. I will die with them in my heart.

Why change the world? Change worlds!

I'd have to say Thierry Henry. From the ages of ten to 16, watching him in the Premier League was amazing and he scored all different types of goals - free-kicks, volleys, left foot, right foot. He was entertaining. He's probably the best centre-forward, I think, to play in the Premier League.

I have done nothing important or distinguished since we met except to win the handicap prize, worth ?4 10/- at North Berwick.

I never worried about teams who spend what they want to spend. It never bothered me. At the moment we have a lot of Middle Eastern owners, we have American owners of course, Russian owners. It never bothered me one bit. All I was concerned about was that we at United maintained our level of expectation, be competitive, be at the top part of the Premier League.

Of course there are worlds. Millions of them! Every star you see has worlds, and most of those you don't see.

You have to believe in yourself. Belief is one of the biggest things in football. If you believe you can win the Premier League then of course it can happen.

Verily, God hath eighteen thousand worlds; and verily, your world is one of them, and this its bright axle-tree.

This year its just about winning the big matches because if youre going to get into the top 20 then youve got to do well at the Masters Series and the grand slams. I dont have any ranking points to defend for the first few months of the year so if I do well over the next few weeks then Ive got a chance of doing it.

I had been writing since I was pretty small, and I've always been telling these stories about doors and finding other worlds within our own.

The Premier League is the No1 league in the world in many areas. The events, the shocks, the production, the viewing figures, the worldwide audience are by far the best. Do I think at this moment in time it's got the highest quality levels in Europe in terms of Champions League football and domination of that area? In quality terms it needs to rise again to get to that point where it's by far the best in all areas.

It's a dream of any player to win the bdo. I came really close to it and I'm very proud of my work, for being one of the 3 bests in the world, for the people who are working with me and that are helping me and supporting me. I hope someday I can win it.

FC Liverpool is the best club in the world.

Our big prize tonight is fifty American dollars to the girl with the most exciting mammalian protuberances.

You look at Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit at Arsenal or Roy Keane at Man United, and they are players that can do everything.