Rory McIlroy

It's a great feeling to know that I've played the best golf throughout the season of any of the guys for the…

— Rory McIlroy

I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a…

— Rory McIlroy

The Open is the one that we all want and strive for and to be able to hold this Claret Jug is…

— Rory McIlroy

I was detained a couple of times but that was for not handing in homework because I was playing golf or not…

— Rory McIlroy

The great thing about my two lives is I love them both. I'm very ambitious and nothing gets in the way of…

— Rory McIlroy

You know I need that cockiness, the self-belief, arrogance, swagger, whatever you want to call it, I need that on the golf…

— Rory McIlroy

My parent are very proud, but Dad ripped into me for throwing a club on the 11th. He's happy with the way…

— Rory McIlroy

I don't really remember, but from about the age of five I told anyone who would listen that I was going to…

— Rory McIlroy

I wish to clarify that I have absolutely not made a decision regarding my participation in the next Olympics. On a personal…

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On that Sunday of the Masters I remember turning on ESPN to find people talking about me. I switched over to the…

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Since turning professional at 18, I have travelled the world playing the game that I love and consider myself a global player.…

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I used to not really like going to the gym when I was playing tournaments because I'd be sore and stiff. But…

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I started to really believe in myself, and my abilities, when I won the World Under-10 championship in Doral, Florida. I was…

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I've had support from all sides, from people who call themselves Irish, from Northern Irish, to the whole of the UK, to…

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With success comes expectation and I know the expectation on me is going to be pretty high.

— Rory McIlroy

It's been 18 months since I won on The European Tour and to win the flagship event, I could not have asked…

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My dad's a scratch golfer and I've got the knack of seeing something and then replicating it. I saw my dad swing…

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I'm sure there was an educational angle to the trips (I think one was to the Ulster Museum) but it was the…

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I realise that every time my face is on TV or I'm playing in a tournament, that I am a role model…

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Fitness plays such an important role in my life, and an integral part of my golf structure, that I think I might…

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In all honesty, I never actually did anything wrong (in my eyes, at least) at school or misbehaved in any big way.…

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I’m three legs toward completing the career Grand Slam at 25. So, I’m feeling pretty good right now.

— Rory McIlroy

I've come across enough successful people now to know that the best in whatever walk of life, they're the ones who just…

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I kept telling myself this word, process. Focus on my process, don't care about the result.

— Rory McIlroy

Leaving golf aside for the moment, I'd choose Roger Federer as a sporting role model, Muhammad Ali for a sporting and non-sporting…

— Rory McIlroy