Darts Quote by Sid Waddell Download Open image “Jockey Wilson, he comes from the valleys and he's chuffing like a choo-choo train!” — Sid Waddell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Darts Fitness Jockeys Train Valleys Wilson
Jockeys - it's so difficult It's completely insane. You're balancing on the balls of your feet on the spine of a horse and it's… — Tom Payne Copy Share Image
“What’s-his-name had started out with all the promise of a wild stallion gallop, but he’d ended up more of a gentle trot. I didn’t… — Deborah Wilde Copy Share Image
“The thing I like is that after a stakes race, he goes right back to the barn, takes off his sport coat, and gets… — George Rowand Copy Share Image
Most trainers here, they ride whoever's hot. If they get cold, boom, they get rid of him. But for some reason, I stick with… — Bob Baffert Copy Share Image
I never realised that to become a jockey you needed to be a horse first. — Arrigo Sacchi Copy Share Image
There is a lot of pressure and you're trying to find the right jockey. These guys ride all year long and they can't stay… — Bob Baffert Copy Share Image
“But for all its miseries, there was an unmistakable allure to the jockey's craft... Man is preoccupied with freedom yet laden with handicaps. The breadth of his activity and experience is narrowed by the limitations of his relative weak, sluggish body. The racehorse, by virtue of his awesome physical gifts, freed the jockey from himself. When a horse and a… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share
A good jockey has to be physically well balanced. They have to possess a strong upper body and a strong lower body. You've gotta… — Chantal Sutherland Copy Share Image
Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength. — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
Phil Taylor's got the consistency of a planet ... and he's in a darts orbit! — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
There hasn't been this much excitement since the Romans fed the Christians to the Lions. — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
I'm a postmodern commentator, and so, in a cheeky parallel to James Joyce or James Kelman, I get to places, verbally, that are a… — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
You can get the dart player out of the pub, but you can't get the pub out of the dart player. — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was school swot, but I used to hang around the billiard halls, learning that Geordie sense of humour, mixing with… — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in, with a portion of chips... you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them. — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
I'm not playing darts because I want attention. I just like to play darts. — John Part Copy Share Image
We do have pictures on the wall, in our office in Belfast where we spend half our time. All the head shots are on… — D. B. Weiss Copy Share Image
Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength. — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The Cowboy's defense has more holes in it than Ronny Milsapp and Jose Feliciano after a game of lawn darts. — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Boxers Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank would not have missed their rivalry for all the world, and I don't mind a bit of needle… — Phil Taylor Copy Share Image
Phil Taylor's got the consistency of a planet ... and he's in a darts orbit! — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
Darts should definitely be in the Olympic Games. Can you tell me any difference between archery and darts or shooting and darts? It's a… — Adrian Lewis Copy Share Image
I didnt even own my own set of darts until 2012 when my mate started a team in the pub and wed just play… — Gerwyn Price Copy Share Image
