Top 44 Justin Rose Quotes

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.

I feel I’ve created some better opportunities in The Open than my record suggests and I know I can play links golf really, really well.

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

Obviously when you do start with a two-shot lead you feel like you should win, but a two-shot lead is nothing really. It can disappear really fast.

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

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

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

Bonobos’ pants are incredibly comfortable.

Jack Nicklaus learned how to play in major championships and I think that was a massive thing. That was half the battle.

I think when you have to deal with everyone else’s expectation and it’s not in line with how you feel, that’s difficult.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I think the top players play better in majors.

I don’t mind expectation. I feel you’ve got to be a big boy, and be able to handle that. If you want to play at the top level, that’s what you’ve got to live with.

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.

I think, for me to get into the Ryder Cup, I need to not worry about the Ryder Cup if that makes any sense.

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

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.

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.

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.

Life’s a journey and so is golf.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

I’m not a politician, I’m a pro golfer.

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.

Some might frown on American bravado but in athletics I have come to favour the American way; that bold self-belief is what it takes.

It’s something I can say, I’ve been the best player in the world – I’ve been to the top of the game.

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

I always envisaged myself getting to world No1 and to join that company of players is special. It’s scary company, actually.

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

I like to understand why something works and something doesn’t.

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.

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.

Just dedicate yourself to improving, to learning, to trying to get better. That’s why I wake up in the morning.

When I go to Augusta I feel so good there.

To be part of a winning team was something I had undervalued.

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