Justin Rose Quotes

Justin Rose

Profession : Golfer

Birth : July 30, 1980

On the back of Rio, I really hoped Japan would be the huge leap forward for golf in the Olympics.

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The Olympics should be the best against the best in every sport.

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If golf is to thrive in the Games the finest need to be there. Ultimately it will be up to the players to decide how important the Olympics is in golf.

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It's funny, when guests come over to the house, they want to see my gold medal first and my U.S. Open trophy second.

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The more force we generate, the more force the body has to absorb.

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No disrespect to any other competition, but what drives me now is majors, Ryder Cups, the Olympics.

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It's why Nick Price was my favourite golfer growing up. He managed to win majors, get to world No1 but did so with a nice-guy image. He showed that the two are not mutually exclusive.

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There can be tournaments that can be elusive no matter how well you play in them, but there's no point in thinking, 'Well, it's just not to be' until it's done and dusted.

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I think that relative to my normal levels of performance I am one of the best at being able to raise my game for the majors, and that what is giving me so much self-belief.

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Kate is determined that our children feel English, that this should be who they are. She adores London, as a Chiswick girl born and bred.

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You definitely want more for your kids than you have yourself, but that's not necessarily a good thing.

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I didn't have much. I grew up with a loving, supportive family, with a roof over my head, but there was no luxury.

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What got me to where I am today is a hunger and a desire to win tournaments, and all the trappings that came with that.

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There are pictures of me in the garden at the age of one with a little plastic club. I had no concept of golf but I loved hitting the ball. I could do it all day. Only when I got to five was I playing every day though.

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I knew I was going to be a pro golfer from the age of 12, when I qualified for the Carris Trophy, which is for under-18s. That was when I thought I was OK at golf. I had no clue about how difficult the game actually is at that age of course - I was blissfully unaware of all the hard work ahead.

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I tell people I would like to have been an architect. I like the creative aspect of that. I like the idea of something on a piece of paper coming to life.

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Life's a journey and so is golf.

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My 30s were obviously amazing, having kids and building the bulk of my career, but although outsiders might think, 'well, he got's a great life, the major, the gold medal, the Ryder Cup status, all those other garlands, what's left?' it's nothing like that. I'm actually still very, very hungry.

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I get miserable when I'm not playing well and it's in everyone's interest I rebound.

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I can come across as laidback, but I'm driven and get very frustrated.

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