Luke Littler has sensationally claimed he is ready to walk away from darts 'tomorrow' if he suddenly loses the fire in his belly to compete at the highest level.
The teenager clinched his first World Championship title just a few weeks ago in a one-sided final against Michael van Gerwen.
It capped an incredible first 12 months since turning professional the year prior as he reached double digits in PDC Tour titles, as well as the Premier League crown.
At just 18 years of age, Littler is being tipped to dominate the sport for years to come and add plenty more titles to his trophy cabinet.
Luke Littler doesn't think he will follow in the footsteps of Phil Taylor
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Phil Taylor was 52 years old when he won his last world title in 2013 and Littler has been tipped to emulate the iconic darts star.
However, Littler isn't prepared to look too far ahead in the future as he isn't sure how long he'll want to keep playing.
“Michael (van Gerwen) said this in a different interview – once the fire goes out your belly, there’s just no point in playing," Littler said on the Top and Tales Darts podcast.
“So if I say I’m going to continue playing darts for 30 years, well I could wake up tomorrow morning, the fire’s gone out of my belly, and I wanna retire.”
He added: “I probably won’t be playing at 50. It’s just the way the sport’s going. It’s just growing, growing and growing.
“But yeah, obviously the one thing I do want to do, and I’ve said it numerous times, is win one of every major at least once.
“Get them on the bucket list. Obviously, I’ve won a Pro Tour, a Euro Tour, the Premier League.
“I’ve won the biggest one, the World Championship. I’ve won the World Series and the Grand Slam. So there’s not much left.
“There’s not a lot for me to do now. And then I’ve ticked it all off.
“Once I do get one of everything, that’s when I want to at least add to it."
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GETTYLittler was unable to mark the start of the Players Championship on Monday night with a victory after losing to Joe Cullen in the third round.
The world champion averaged just 87.8 in a below-par display as he missed 15 doubles.
He will get another chance of redemption today in the second Players Championship event before returning to Premier League action on Thursday.
