“I've always said the players don't build up rivalries themselves, peop...” — Rory McIlroy Quote

“I've always said the players don't build up rivalries themselves, people from the outside build up the rivalries. I just want to play good golf. I want to try and keep winning golf tournaments.”

“As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.”

“Two years ago, of course, I was just a rookie and listened to everybody. In a way I am still a rookie. I'm only 23 and I'll be surrounded by great players who have played in a lot more Ryder Cups than myself. But the rankings say I am the best player at the moment and so that brings a responsibility.”

“I really enjoy playing 'Tiger Woods' on the Wii, and you can set the levels to easy, medium, or hard, so I think it's definitely a good way for kids to learn the motion of a golf swing if they want to get into the sport. It makes it more fun for them as well.”

“Home will always be Northern Ireland but my schedule means for the next few years I won't be there as much. I can't do the same things that I did a year ago. That is I'm something conscious of, but I'm not sad about it. It's fine.”

“I'm in semi-retirement, but what am I going to retire to? I don't ride horses, I don't golf anymore. I shoot a game of pool every now and then.”

“I've always felt how players handle the pressure was the most interesting part of golf.”

“I guess what was going to come back came back on Monday. Of course now I've played a different golf course. I've played two practice rounds and two tournament rounds all kind of the same and now today I've played a different golf course.”

“I don't need to be too intense. I don't play my best golf when I'm super-intense.”

“I get way more nervous playing golf in front of 500 people than being on stage in front of 20,000 people.”

“Golf would be my ticket somewhere, I told myself. I just couldn't say where it would lead me.”