British - Entertainer | August 10, 1940 - August 11, 2012
It's a form of mental and verbal gymnastics, and one of the things that appeals to me most about commenting on darts is that no one knows exactly what I'm going to come out with next - and neither do I.
Sid Waddell
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At various points, I've had a massive chip on me shoulder. I had fights about me accent with loads of those fellers you get from third-class public schools. They used to think I was speaking German.
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The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them.
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Under that heart of stone beat muscles of pure flint.
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Look at the man go, its like trying to stop a water-buffalo with a pea-shooter.
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The thing with darts players is they have always appeared available. They don't have to live like monks. I've only ever met one dry player in 35 years.
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The players are under so much duress, it's like duressic park out there!
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There hasn't been this much excitement since the Romans fed the Christians to the Lions.
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He's about as predictable as a Wasp on speed.
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When Alexander of Macedon was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer. Eric Bristow is only 27.
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As a kid, I was school swot, but I used to hang around the billiard halls, learning that Geordie sense of humour, mixing with low-lifes. They were the sort who'd pick your pocket and then say 'Here you are lad, here's tuppence, get yourself some chips'. I was a good rugby player, a good runner, so I fitted in at Cambridge quite easily.
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I talk fast because I'm asthmatic, and I'm desperately hoping the words get out before my breath fails.
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