Rory McIlroy Quotes

To win a major championship - I think, at the end of the day, that's what a golfer's career is based upon.

People confuse being world No. 1 with winning a Major championship.

Of course it's a big moment for me in my career if I could win on the PGA Tour.

Quail Hollow is always going to be a special spot for me, and winning there gave me a little more credibility. But I want to be a multiple winner on the PGA Tour.

The most satisfying accomplishment for me was winning the British Open in 1996. But the most rewarding times were the times on the mini tours.

I've had opportunities. But winning a major is not only about playing well. It's about having 'winner's luck.' I had winner's luck in 1999 at Medinah, but it didn't take me all the way.

It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.

The very first tournament I watched is the U.S. Open when I was 13. And that was the year Juli Inkster won.

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.

The first win came very quick, and I didn't know what it meant to win a major championship. I was a teenager, I was very young. I didn't know what I was doing. I just needed some time to get settled in on the tour.

The experience at the Masters was two years ago, and I am eager to win again this year so I can return to Augusta National in 2016.

The final group, on Sunday at the Masters, is the greatest feeling in the world for a professional golfer.

It's a dream come true for Bubba Watson from Bagdad, Florida to have the green jacket on.

Becoming the first Canadian male to win a Major Championship, especially being the Masters, was a dream come true.

To have the opportunity to complete the slam at the Open at St Andrews, the home of golf, is something I will never ever forget.

From the time I won the Kansas City Match Play championship at age 14, I never wanted to be anything but a golfer.

Race to Dubai winner, playing in Ryder Cups, winning majors - these are all great parts of a career you want to have.

It is the biggest sporting occasion in the world when it comes around so I want to be there, I want to play multiple Ryder Cups. I just want to be part of that whole thing.

The Ryder Cup is an event people dream about and sometimes it can only happen once.

People watched the Masters. It was a huge event. It was at The Garden. Now that it is over here in Europe, it has lost a little bit of popularity in the States.

It's been 18 months since I won on the European Tour and to win the flagship event, I could not have asked for any more.

The Open is the one that we all want and strive for and to be able to hold this Claret Jug is an incredible feeling. To be three legs towards the career grand slam at the age of 25 is a pretty good achievement. It's not going to sink in for a while.

I want to win a major, and hopefully I can win the four majors in one year.

I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.

It's an honor to see that green jacket in the bedroom closet, but I'm not going to become somebody else because I won the Masters.