Leaving golf aside for the moment, I'd choose Roger Federer as a sporting role model, Muhammad Ali for a sporting and non-sporting role model and Nelson Mandela as a true and lasting inspiration. — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
It's a great feeling to know that I've played the best golf throughout the season of any of the guys for the second time… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a great affinity… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
The Open is the one that we all want and strive for and to be able to hold this Claret Jug is an incredible… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
I was detained a couple of times but that was for not handing in homework because I was playing golf or not present because… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
The great thing about my two lives is I love them both. I'm very ambitious and nothing gets in the way of me practising… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
You know I need that cockiness, the self-belief, arrogance, swagger, whatever you want to call it, I need that on the golf course to… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
My parent are very proud, but Dad ripped into me for throwing a club on the 11th. He's happy with the way I played,… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
I don't really remember, but from about the age of five I told anyone who would listen that I was going to be the… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
I wish to clarify that I have absolutely not made a decision regarding my participation in the next Olympics. On a personal level, playing… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
On that Sunday of the Masters I remember turning on ESPN to find people talking about me. I switched over to the Golf Channel… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
Since turning professional at 18, I have travelled the world playing the game that I love and consider myself a global player. As the… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
I used to not really like going to the gym when I was playing tournaments because I'd be sore and stiff. But the more… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
I started to really believe in myself, and my abilities, when I won the World Under-10 championship in Doral, Florida. I was nine and… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
I've had support from all sides, from people who call themselves Irish, from Northern Irish, to the whole of the UK, to people in… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
With success comes expectation and I know the expectation on me is going to be pretty high. — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
