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Eric Bristow
American
Celebrity
About the author
It's all right buying all these good players but they've got to gel, and that takes time.
Eric Bristow,
American
Celebrity
#Time
#Right
#Buying
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,
American
Celebrity
#Right
#Goal
#Football
#Kissing
You eat when you're hungry, and I'm not normally hungry in the mornings.
Eric Bristow,
American
Celebrity
You can't drink too many otherwise you can't see what you're throwing at.
Eric Bristow,
American
Celebrity
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,
American
Celebrity
#Play
#Trouble
#Golf
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,
American
Celebrity
#Home
#Name
Nah, I don't watch TV either, apart from a few sports programmes. I just don't have the time.
Eric Bristow,
American
Celebrity
#Time
#Sports
My dad was an Arsenal supporter and he used to take me there, but I've always been Chelsea.
Eric Bristow,
American
Celebrity
#Dad
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,
American
Celebrity
#People
#Teaching
#Day
#Play
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,
American
Celebrity
#World
I play a lot of charity golf mainly. I'm a bandit 18 if I play two or three times a week.
Eric Bristow,
American
Celebrity
#Play
#Golf
#Charity
I love cheese and biscuits, the stronger the better.
Eric Bristow,
American
Celebrity
#Love
I don't read books.
Eric Bristow,
American
Celebrity
#Books
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,
American
Celebrity
#Right
#Now
#Years
#Cure
#Fortune
I like a drink, mate. I'll have maybe 10 or 12 pints on a good night out.
Eric Bristow,
American
Celebrity
#Night