Always disliked Phil Taylors arrogance, yes we all know how good he is, but when he wins something, i kinda think he patronises his oppo's. And when he wins a tourney, he makes sure everybody knows it is about him (i guess it is to be fair). I much prefer the way Tiger Woods Stephen Hendry. Steve Davis etc handle themselves after victory.
What else could Taylor say after decades of domination unheard of in any given sport?
Lot of pre-match verbals come from his opponents(Lewis being the biggest culprit) so post match he wants to say "i sent the cocky fucker packing AGAIN, despite them playing their A game i found it rather easy,most of them bottle it before a dart is thrown anyway"
He tries to be as diplomatic at possible from what i can tell,but you have to have a degree of arrogance to be at that level,all great sportsmen have had it
Interestingly,the 3 sportsmen you quote were in their hayday as arrogant as they come,the latter 2 more affable once their games were in decline,Woods just read an autocue for bog standard replies win or lose,yet was humping anything in a skirt when the lights went out and fooling millions and his clean cut image sponsors
Taylor deserves more respect from his peers as without him they wouldn't earn the money they do now,and wont when he eventually declines either
He looked tired on stage i thought for the first time ever Saturday when he needed to pull it out the bag,might be the start of old father time catching up
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