Rory McIlroy Quotes

There's no extra significance on beating a certain player. It's kind of like golf. You're just out there playing, and whatever ends up happening ends up happening.

Life is a one-way street and you're not coming back.

There is no turning back.

I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.

Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either.

Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

It's the only way I think I'm ever going to walk away from the game, is to go ahead and say I'm going to, and then I've got to. There's no turning back now - win, lose or draw.

Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete.

I just love playing in major championships.

Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.

I'm not playing for lack of options. But this is such a fleeting thing. When I'm done, I'm never, ever going to be able to come back to it. I know Vancouver is my last go.

But in the end it's still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can't shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you've missed the point.

Name me one golfer that doesn't get frustrated.

History is history. What is done is done.

The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves.

There's a great thing about amateur sport: it is purer. And the athletes are not open to so much pressure with amateur sport.

When the game is over, it's over. We leave everything on the court.

In tennis, you can have a bad set and still win. The part of track cycling that is difficult to find in other sports is that it's so final; there's no second chance if you make a mistake.

I am not a big supporter of sledging or insults that are hurled at you. But I don't mind if a bowler glares or stares at the batsmen. During my career, I have faced these situations numerous times.

I feel like when you're videoing someone and you catch Tiger at a bad time, you show him accidentally doing something, or someone else, they're just frustrated because they really care about the game. It could really hurt them if they catch you at a potentially vulnerable time.

You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way.

There is no going back in life. There is no return. No second chance.

You think that their dying is the worst thing that could happen. Then they stay dead.

Nothing is so irrevocable as mind.

When the Champions League is at stake, ... you do everything you can, whether it's called gamesmanship or cheating, to put the opposition off.