{"id":27627,"date":"2020-02-10T17:23:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T17:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/?p=27627"},"modified":"2020-02-10T17:23:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T17:23:06","slug":"peter-wright-reveals-world-championshiop-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/peter-wright-reveals-world-championshiop-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Wright reveals how social media hate drove him to glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pumped-up Peter Wright revealed that the social media haters drove him to become a World Champion. The Scottish ace is aiming to kickstart his Premier League campaign with a win over World Cup team-mate Gary Anderson in Nottingham on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>But Snakebite, 49, admits that all the nasty jibes of \u201cPlastic Jock\u201d, \u201cParrot\u201d and \u201cClown\u201d down the years made him work even harder to shut them all up.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to Phil Lanning for Colossus, he said: \u201cAll the horrible things and everything we\u2019ve had in the past that helped me become more determined to prove them wrong. I wanted to show they couldn\u2019t stop me, the more that was said bad against me, I just kept going no matter what they said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s funny because those people made me win the World Championship in the end, they gave me the motivation to keep winning to keep them quiet. They can carry on now saying what they want, it doesn\u2019t bother me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/GettyImages-1197094395.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-27635 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/GettyImages-1197094395-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"peter wright\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wright also admitted that there was a special moment a day after Worlds glory when he and wife Jo finally felt the win sink in.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI think Jo said it, you\u2019ve actually gone and done it, you\u2019ve finally done it. Every Christmas she says to me, \u2018I want one present, I want the World Championship trophy\u2019. Now you\u2019ve done it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was one morning when we woke up. I think just a day or so after getting home from the Worlds. I think the pressure is off me now if anything. I\u2019ve now won the biggest, I know how to win it and want to defend it next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy target this year is retaining the World Cup for Scotland. Gas is playing well again and I think we can be pretty unbeatable. I\u2019m also looking forward to the Matchplay and hopefully I can lift that one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t do stars on shirts, we don\u2019t need them. There is a new look coming. Not even a star painted on the head. Everyone does stars, but that\u2019s too run of the mill for me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wright has vowed to \u201cbash\u201d Michael van Gerwen in the Premier League final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/darts\/news\/12288\/11927853\/premier-league-darts-2020-michael-van-gerwen-starts-with-win-over-peter-wright?utm_source=Blog_Feature&amp;utm_medium=Colossus&amp;utm_campaign=NA&amp;utm_term=NA&amp;utm_content=NA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">after losing his first match of 2020 to his old foe<\/a>. Snakebite threw away a 2-0 lead to eventually lose out to MVG in a proper slugfest in Aberdeen last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Scot got a rousing reception on his homecoming but was left to rue too many early missed chances against the World No.1 and went down 7-5.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/GettyImages-1197015958.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-27639 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/GettyImages-1197015958-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wright, who produced a fantastic 157 finish, said: \u201cI should have been 5-0 up but I missed my doubles tonight. I did OK in patches but that\u2019s not good enough against Michael. I tried not to listen to the crowd on the walk-on. And I didn\u2019t cry, even though it was coming close. I\u2019m having the operation in a couple of weeks to get my tear ducts taken out!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll get used to being announced as World Champion, but the aim is to make it Double World Champion this time next year. It\u2019s not harder playing as World Champion, I was just more annoyed I let the home crowd down. I\u2019ll get Michael in the Final of this and I\u2019ll bash him in that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m nearly settled with a set of darts. It\u2019s just the points I\u2019m mucking about with. I just enjoyed being on the stage with these guys at some point or being in the Top 32 and being close to those guys, but now I am one of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll get him. It\u2019s just one game. It doesn\u2019t mean nothing. If he gets to the final, because I will, I\u2019ll beat him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Night Two, Thursday February 13 &#8211; Nottingham<\/h3>\n<p>Motorpoint Arena<\/p>\n<p>Rob Cross v Nathan Aspinall<\/p>\n<p>Gerwyn Price v Michael Smith<\/p>\n<p>Gary Anderson v Peter Wright<\/p>\n<p>Glen Durrant v Fallon Sherrock<\/p>\n<p>Daryl Gurney v Michael van Gerwen<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Love the darts? Why not have a go at our \u00a320,000 Win 5 Premier League pool, which is now live on site, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/pools\/sports\/darts?utm_source=Blog_Feature&amp;utm_medium=Colossus&amp;utm_campaign=NA&amp;utm_term=NA&amp;utm_content=NA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pumped-up Peter Wright revealed that the social media haters drove him to become a World Champion. 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