Sid Waddell

Notable Quotes



There hasn't been this much excitement since the Romans fed the Christians to the Lions.

From Sid Waddell

That's the greatest comeback since Lazarus.

From Sid Waddell

Look at the man go, its like trying to stop a water-buffalo with a pea-shooter.

From Sid Waddell

He's about as predictable as a Wasp on speed.

From Sid Waddell

That was like throwing three pickled onions into a thimble!

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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'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.

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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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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.

From Sid Waddell

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.

From Sid Waddell

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