I’m never quite as excited as people think because with my voice, when I shout, I squeak. Sid Waddell Read Quote
I want the little lassies who are thinking of going to a nightclub in Cardiff to stop to see what that guy’s screaming for, or Grandma to put her knitting down to see why that guy’s chatting about Alexander the Great. I’m after pulling in, whether it’s in Manila, Beijing or whatever, the biggest possible audience. Sid Waddell Read Quote
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. Sid Waddell Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’m the world’s worst after-dinner speaker. I need pictures to respond to. I was the voice of the lottery balls once and got the sack. Sid Waddell Read Quote
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. Sid Waddell Read Quote
I talk fast because I’m asthmatic, and I’m desperately hoping the words get out before my breath fails. Sid Waddell Read Quote
The thing about darts is that you’ve got to shout. It’s not like cricket where you can talk to Michael Atherton and ask him to analyse the bloody nuances. Darts does not have nuances. You’ve got to hurl yourself at it. Sid Waddell Read Quote
