Why Rory McIlroy should win Sports Personality of the Year | Ewan Murray
Logic says the golfer should have the edge over F1’s Lewis Hamilton because the key is in the BBC award’s title and McIlroy’s sport has more of an impact on youth• World No1 joint second in World Tour Championship• Hamilton wins in Abu Dhabi to take F1 title
No one can secure longevity at the summit of a sport without first learning to handle the impact on their life. Rory McIlroy acknowledges as much. One of the reasons the 25-year-old is more complete now, as a player and a person, than when he first shot to rankings prominence in 2012 comes as a result of the acceptance of what life now involves.
“I used to be uncomfortable,” McIlroy says. “You get to the point where there’s added scrutiny and there’s added criticism or whatever it is but I learned to deal with it. It’s just part of the title now, world No1. That’s what it comes with. I’ve become comfortable with it.
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