Justin Rose Quotes

Justin Rose

Profession : Golfer

Birth : July 30, 1980

Sergio and I have played a lot of golf together since we were 14 years old. We have a great friendship and a good rivalry.

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My dad and I were lucky enough to spend a lot of quality time together learning to play the game, after school on the driving range, so I can look back at our life together with a lot of fondness.

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I had some sort of ability and knew that I needed to work hard, to dedicate myself to the game. I sacrificed a lot. But maybe golf kept me out of trouble. Some of the guys who lived my life minus the golf have certainly been in trouble.

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Every young pro has to go through a period where you change a few things, get a little bit technical, and maybe I'd had that period for too long.

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There's always been a sense that I need to win the Open to validate what I did as a teenager at Birkdale.

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I've got a wonderful family life and financial security.

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So, listen, my record in the Ryder Cup is as good as anybody's really, breaking it down, points-wise.

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Sometimes great golf is boring golf.

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The thing about winning a major is that you need to be ready for how it is going to feel.

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I'm probably one of the best players in the world and there should be expectation when you're in contention to be able to continue to play well in that situation.

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I know Adam Scott pretty well and we talk about winning that first major, which of us will have the bigger party.

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Although Dad taught me everything I needed to know, I had to learn to do it for myself.

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If you set yourself the career goal of winning a major championship, then once you win that major championship it's then a question of 'what next?' And that can take quite a while to figure out.

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I always dreamed about winning majors, plural.

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Augusta is different, there is so much knowledge, course knowledge, that you build up through the years, that definitely swings the pendulum in the favour of the experienced player.

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Actually, I love watching good golf for obvious reasons, but I don't take inspiration from other golfers as much.

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For nostalgia, I like to play Merion - I was fortunate enough to win the U.S. Open there.

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I love to play Pine Valley, and Shinnecock and National, which are two great ones that border one another.

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There's a lot of fuss that comes with playing with Tiger, big crowds, noise and such. You either let it distract you, or you tunnel up and let it energize you. He's a great playing competitor. He recognizes good golf and he's very complimentary when good golf is played, so he's cool to be around.

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It's not always friendly outside the ropes at the Ryder Cup.

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