Ray D'Arcy
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But he got emotional, did Rory, and he doesn't get emotional that often.
And it came when he was thanking his parents.
That might seem like a small thing to you, but to me that's big.
In a world where we're fighting against the manosphere, to see a man, a world athlete...
publicly thank his parents and express the want to be a good parent himself.
That's all very powerful stuff.
I think very powerful stuff.
So for that, I say Rory McIlroy.
Thank you very much.
Rory, Rory, Rory, Rory.
He's a great athlete.
Now, there was a time in my youth when you referred to an athlete as somebody who ran.
That was it.
You were an athlete, you ran.
Eamon Coughlin was an athlete.
Sonia O'Sullivan was an athlete.
Ronnie Delaney was an athlete.
It wasn't used to refer to other sports people.
But now you see Dan Sheehan.
He plays for Ireland in Leinster, number two.