17/05/2022

Anderson on change of mindset since COVID-19 pandemic: "I've came to realise it's not all about darts"

Gary Anderson has won nearly everything there is to win in the PDC but has been inconsistent at times in recent years but he keeps believing.

"Darts has been a struggle this year, probably the year before as well but yeah just keep battling on. Hopefully it'll come good one day," said Anderson to The Darts Show.

In an overall look back, he discussed the Coronavirus pandemic and playing behind closed doors.

"It was weird to start off with and then they started playing the background music. They squeezed in that bloke who whistles all the time as well," he joked. "But yeah it was strange. It was great to come out of that to get people back, it was a big difference."

As well as how it in turn changed his motivation for the game with other interests now taking up his time.

"I'm still in that bubble, before darts was my life 24/7. Everything was about darts but now we've been locked down, I've came to realise it's not all about darts. I've got young kids, I spend a lot of time with them. We've got the wee business we run, I'm there everyday I'm not at the darts. It's a bit hard for the darts circuit."

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As a result, there is little to keep him playing but there is one title he still wants to win.

"I've always wanted to win the Grand Slam. That was the first tournament I played in when I came across. I played it while I was in the BDO. I got so much dogs abuse, I loved it."

"When I play my game how I used to play, I win. There's weekends I turn up and I play really well and there's weekends I turn up and I'm absolutely awful."

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As well as for Anderson, the glitz and glamour of jetting off to New York for the World Series being a factor.

"I'm in New York for the World Series, a place I've never been to so I'm looking forward to that. Sitting watching the documentary on Muhammad Ali and Madison Square Garden so to be there where he fought, it's something special."