Michael Smith suffered eight successive major final defeats before winning November's Grand Slam of Darts. And he wants his latest success to inspire his children.
1:23British world darts champion Michael Smith said he wants to use his victory to teach his children never to give up - after defeating Michael van Gerwen in arguably the greatest final ever.
That contributed to a run of eight successive major final defeats before he stopped the rot in November by winning the Grand Slam of Darts and following it up with the big one at Alexandra Palace on Tuesday night. "You have to keep going, you have to keep persisting with it, the amount of heartache you might get. I lost eight in a row and then I have won my ninth and 10th.
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