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Every time you come to Glasgow, it is going to be tough because the crowd don't like me. When they are swearing at you and booing, it's hard.

When I won the first world title in 2011 I was practising six, seven or even more hours a day.

Because we're playing tournaments week in and week out I'd think to myself, 'What's the point in practising?' You have no down time to yourself and you're looking for some to spend with your family and friends. But I've now realised that with the game so cut-throat and standards going up every week, it doesn't work.

You have to put in the extra hours away from the tournament. There's no other option.

The guys in the Premier League are about the 10 best in the world and that is what makes the event so special.

We're all trying so hard to win each of these World Series events and the standard now is phenomenal but it's great that everyone's pushing each other.

If you start badly, and the crowd get on your case, there is no way back. But if you start well and your confidence is high all that booing becomes music to your ears.

Perhaps I should just motivate myself by buying trophy cabinets - so I have to fill them.

I'm fed up of hearing that Adrian Lewis is so naturally talented blah blah blah. I'd rather hear that I'm winning.

Of course I want to add more titles all the time.

Success seems to go round in circles.

I have the game for the pressure matches and now I just have to be consistent.

It's very special to be the first winner in New Zealand. Phil Taylor has always said to me about trying to be the first player to win when we go to a new country and I'm over the moon to do that in Auckland.

I need it to be do or die to really get focused.

In a way getting fired up for these matches is what makes the Premier League the hardest tournament for me. Knowing I can lose and still be in the tournament probably makes me relax too much sometimes.

When I start winning big tournaments I don't think I'll just win tournaments, I think I'll blow them away.

I know what to expect from the crowd and enjoy playing in front of the big crowds.

I'm a more consistent player than I was and if I can keep averaging over 100 week-in and week-out in the Premier League I'll be happy.

I think that winning a third World Championship would really take me up to another level in the sport.

I'm two times world champion, I've got nothing to prove to anybody.

The only person I've got to prove to is myself.

Winning the U.K. Open's a massive boost for my confidence.

The Matchplay is a straight knock-out tournament so everybody is under pressure straight away - I prefer that.

In the Premier League you know you'll play a certain amount of matches so you can always think 'I'll put it right next week' if you lose.

I don't mind being busy.