Rory McIlroy Quotes

When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it.

So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile. And then, I realized that he was an actor, so I pursued that.

I had dreamed of being at the Olympics since I was 7 years old.

From the time I was six years old, I wanted to be a BMX Racer and be the best.

I think my parents knew before I did that I was going to be an actress, because I was doing impressions of Margaret Thatcher at the age of four.

I've been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.

I wanted to play sports my whole life. That's all I really wanted to do.

I always knew I wanted to be an actor, certainly from the age of eight or nine. I think when you know what you want to do, you're very lucky because you've got a focus.

Ever since I was a kid, I might have been eleven or twelve. I'd be telling anyone who would listen that when I grew up, I wanted to be an artist.

I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.

I was a writer first, and knew I'd be a storyteller at age seven. But since my parents are very practical, they urged me to go into a profession that would be far more secure, so I went to medical school.

At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.

When I was 5 years old I would lie in bed, look at the radio, and I wanted to be on the radio. I don't know why.

As a kid, I said, 'I want to write for movies.' When I finally had that opportunity it was like I was able to exhale. 'Wow, I'm finally doing this for real.'

I knew I wanted to be an actress from the age of 13.

My goal was for acting to become my main income. I would say to myself, 'I'm good enough.' That became my mantra.

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always 'played up' against older age groups.

My mother loves to remind me that about the age of four, I made a somewhat formal announcement that I was going to be a plumber when I grew up.

I knew what I wanted to do from the time I was 5.

Before I reached 10 years old, I knew I was going to be an artist.

Since the age of 6, I've always wanted to go to space.

My goal is to be the No. 1 golfer in the world, and I want to chase Tiger.

I want to be a big model. I know I still have a lot to learn, but I believe that will be one day I do it perfectly!

I was very vocal about what I wanted to do at a very young age. I wanted to be inside of the television set. I didn't know being on TV was being an actor.