To be a top-class athlete, you have to train hard, you have to eat right, you have to get enough rest. I feel the way golf is going nowadays, you have to treat yourself as an athlete. — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
As an international sportsman, I am very lucky to be supported by people all over the world, many of who treat me as one of their own, no matter what their nationality, or indeed mine. This is the way sport… — 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
