Rory McIlroy Quotes - Page 3

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• I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a great affinity with the American sports fans. I play most of my golf in the U.S. nowadays and I am incredibly proud to have won the U.S. Open and U.S. PGA Championship in the last two years.

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  Sports, Golf, Years

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• My game wasn't where it should have been at all at the start of the year. I got into a couple of bad habits on my swing, and it just took me a little bit of time to get out of them.

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  Couple, Swings, Should Have

  "Surprises: A pair of long shots do well, Harrington with belly putter and McIlroy tied on top". www.foxnews.com. May 3, 2013.

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• 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.

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  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.

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• 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.

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  Connections, Way, Facts

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• I have always said I will try to answer questions honestly. I don't want to change that about myself. I think people appreciate that about me.

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  Thinking, People, Appreciate

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• 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.

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  Golf, Thinking, Race

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• 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.

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  Golf, Roots, Unions

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

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  America, People, Support

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