Justin Rose Quotes

Justin Rose

Profession : Golfer

Birth : July 30, 1980

Winning the Open in general would mean the world to me. It's the one championship that I've dreamed about winning more than any other, because you know it's the pinnacle of golf for a British player and I think to do it at St Andrews? It doesn't get any better than that.

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St Andrews is one of those places where you can be the only person around but you feel like people are watching you. It's just got that aura about it, it's got atmosphere, it's got history. It's one of those rare places in the world which is something special. The hairs on the back of your neck stand up, it's just got that magic appeal.

Justin Rose

I'm not trying to promote myself. I'm just happy to go about my business.

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The Olympic Games has been important to our family. My wife was always really into it, she was a gymnast growing up and the Olympics was a dream of hers even though the type of gymnastics she did was never recognised as a Games sport.

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I was 21 when my dad passed away and I always think about it, as the time together we had was quality not quantity.

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I would rather have had 21 fantastic years with my dad than 40 years of a relationship that was so-so.

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I have very fond memories of the way I grew up.

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I think people love to see history being made, history being broken.

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I think grateful is the right word. Content would be dangerous given there's still so much I want to achieve. But I'm grateful that I feel like I have fulfilled the promise I showed growing up.

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I wanted to be on the front cover of golf magazines and I've done that.

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I wanted to play in Ryder Cups and I've done that.

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I think the top players play better in majors.

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For me, major championships have a way of testing my system a bit more, and testing all aspects of my game. Majors test even very good players' weaknesses, and that aspect tends to play into the better players' hands.

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Winning your first major is a massive hurdle.

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I'd say one of my coolest friends is Justin Timberlake, and he texted me once after I played well and he said, 'Swagger on 100!' And I said, OK, cool - whatever that means, I'm in.

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I used to arrive at Augusta and just used to enjoy the experience. I used to kind of feel like it was a treat to be there, it was a bit of a dream to be there. And I used to walk around just trying to take it all in.

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I've come second twice and I've played golf capable of winning the Masters on both of those occasions. I wasn't really back-dooring my way into a second place, I was right there playing great golf against guys playing their best golf.

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All the other major championship venues rotate around, so winning the Masters gives you the opportunity for many years to walk down memory lane and be a significant part of that club.

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You hope you're good enough to win a major, you think you're good enough to win a major, but not until you win one do you know that you're good enough to win a major.

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I need to put myself in the positions that test you the most at the very high end of the game.

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