Anyone with an interest in history can look back at the sporting legends who helped define their sport. From Babe Ruth, America's king of baseball to Boxing's Ali or Basketball's Wilt Chamberlain or Michael Jordan. Each individual took their sport to the next level, created new thresholds of performance and challenged the next generation to meet and exceed their standards. Phil "The Power" Taylor is just such an individual and has taken Darts to new levels.

With a long history of victories "The Power" is the living and active legend of darts. Thanks to his skill and high standards of play, darters everwhere have new standards to challenge and new expectations to play by. And "The Power" with his recent 5 in a week run of victories, seems to be just getting started in building his legend.

After a busy week of winning we were lucky enough to have a chance to send some questions from our readers. Here are a few questions and answers from Dart's legendary Phil "The Power" Taylor.

Here are some answers to the questions:

Q. Where did the name “The Power” come from?

1. I was first nicknames "The Power" in 1997 every dart player was given a music tune to walk on stage to and the Sky team came up to me and said were going to Play the Power for you by Snap so that is what your nickname will be. They also added Lightening as well.

Q. How did you start playing darts?

2. When I was 17 my dad (Doug) took me down our local pub (The riley Arms) My dad loved darts and played all the time so I decided to join in and join the local darts team.

Q. Do you practice by yourself or with someone? Can you share a little about your practice habits?

3. My practise regime is to go down my mothers in the afternoon and Practise darts with Ade Lewis who is a county player who has just started entering tournaments we practise roughly 4 hours a day maybe more some times we practise finishing and scoring then we have a head to head which will be the first player up to 14 legs to win.;

Q. What is your average score for 3 darts? Does your average change between practice and match play?

4. My Last average at Blackpool was 103.00 per 3 darts.

Q. How did you like Japan when you visited? Can we hope to see you in Japan again sometime soon?

5. When I visited Japan I visited a few dart venues I was taken back by the Japanese's dedicated to the game and their hospitality and I couldn't believe that they also play dart in schools to help the children with their maths. When I left Japan I thought O better keep up my practising as will be some good players arriving to the game shortly.

Has it happens I am coming to Japan in November with my sponsor Unicorn to promote Darts I am really looking forward to going back .

Q. What kind of darts are you using now? What kind did you use before?

6. I play darts with unicorn 24g darts. I am very proud of all my series of darts I wanted the person who buys them to have a quality set of darts and value for their money.

Q. Are you doing any physical training for darts, like jogging or weight lifting?

7. I like going to the gym in the morning with my wife (Yvonne) there we have a swim a sauna and a workout so that I am fresh for my practising in the afternoon.

Q. Are you doing special training for mental strength?

8. There is no mental training that I do I admit that sometimes you don't feel like practising all the time but then you have to tell yourself off and get back on the dartboard.

Q. Have you ever had alcohol during a game? If yet, did it make your darts better?

9. When I play darts in a tournament I don't drink after the match I like a alcoholic drink to give me a good night sleep but never drink to much as I know I have to get back on the practise board the next day.

Q. Have you ever tried soft tip darts?

10. I have played soft tips darts before and found it very enjoyable.

Q. With increased TV coverage and talented players coming from all around the world, what do you see for the future of the sport? What would you like to see?

11. Darts is becoming big all around the world and we are getting more television coverage there is some tuff competition coming through the tournaments all the time. One day I would love for darts to be recognised as a sport which people are petitioning for everyday.

Q. Our readers are always seeking advice about how to improve their game. If you were a darts “Sensei” (teacher) for a class of darts players in Japan, what would the most important lessons you would teach the class?

12. For anyone who wants to take up darts professionally I would say to them make sure you put the practise in enter competitions and see how far you go if you loose take the experience of the game away with you and say to your self well they beat me this time but I'm going to pick myself up and try again keep trying and don't give up.

Q. Who would you most like to face in a final championship match and why?

13. Right now for me I am really enjoying the darts I am concentrating on winning every televised tournament and getting my number one spot back. I always enjoy getting to the final of a tournament and don't mind who I face as the other player has played well and he or she deserves to be in the final with me.

The next television tournament is the Paddy Power in Ireland and I'm really looking forward to it so I am getting ready for that.