Rory McIlroy Quotes About Ireland

Quotes about: Ireland

• The fact is, I've always felt more British than Irish. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know, but I have always felt more of a connection with the U.K. than with Ireland.

  Rory McIlroy

  Connections, Way, Facts

• 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.

  Rory McIlroy

  Home, Mean, Years

  "Rory McIlroy: The year I choked and cried was also the year I grew up". Interview with Lawrence Donegan, www.theguardian.com. December 16, 2011.

• How can I intimidate Tiger Woods? I mean, the guy's got 75 or whatever PGA Tour wins, 14 majors. He's been the biggest thing ever in our sport. How could some little 23-year-old from Northern Ireland with a few wins come up and intimidate him.

  Rory McIlroy

  Sports, Mean, Winning

  "McIlroy dismisses claim that Tiger is 'intimidated'". edition.cnn.com. September 20, 2012.

• This is the great thing about Northern Ireland. I walk down the street and people stop me and say things like, 'I know you. You're that wee golfer, aren't you?' I say, 'Yeah, that's me.' They say, 'Keep it up, wee man.' It's very funny and that's why I want to stay here as long as possible.

  Rory McIlroy

  Men, Long, People

  "McIlroy a Master in the making when he thinks outside The Box". Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. April 6, 2009.

• The flight I'm most excited about is the one that takes me back to Northern Ireland to visit family and friends.

  Rory McIlroy

  Family And Friends, Take Me Back, Flight

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

• I am a proud product of Irish golf and the Golfing Union of Ireland and am hugely honoured to have come from very rich Irish sporting roots I am also a proud Ulsterman who grew up in Northern Ireland. That is my background and always will be.

  Rory McIlroy

  Golf, Roots, Unions

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