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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. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#build #golf #good #i #just

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 America, and it would be terrible for me to segregate myself from one of those groups that support me so much. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#call #groups #had #i #irish

If I'm playing in the morning, I'll get some carbs early: porridge with chopped banana. If I'm playing in the afternoon, I'll start with less carbs and have some eggs and fruit for breakfast, then a light lunch about 90 minutes before I play, so I don't feel sluggish or full. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#about #afternoon #banana #before #breakfast

If somebody asks me whether I'd rather sink the winning putt in the Ryder Cup or win a major, it's the major every day. World championship or Ryder Cup? Win a world championship. At the end of the day you're going to be remembered for what you achieve in an individual sport. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#asks #championship #cup #day #end

It is never easy to win but it is a lot easier to win when you play well. The key is winning golf tournaments when you are not playing so well. Managing your game is something that I feel that I am still learning to do. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#easier #easy #feel #game #golf

My dad's a scratch golfer and I've got the knack of seeing something and then replicating it. I saw my dad swing a club and I worked out how to do the same thing. My backswing and follow-through have been basically the same since I was two. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#been #club #dad #golfer #got

My mom and dad worked very hard to give me the best chance in - not just in golf but in life. You know, I was an only child, you know, my dad worked three jobs at one stage. My mom worked night shifts in a factory. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#chance #child #dad #factory #give

Of course, money matters to everyone even if some don't want to admit it. If I won the Race to Dubai, I look at that prize money and think it could pay off my new house or the range I'm building. I am privileged to play golf for a living - look around St Andrews, that's my office. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#am #andrews #around #building #could

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men. ↗

— David O. McKay

#compassion #earth #enter #happiness #human

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination. ↗

— George Meredith

#dire #disaster #imagination #love #love is