Quotes from Justin Rose

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

Bonobos' pants are incredibly comfortable.

On tour he gets in, gets out and does his business. But in the Ryder Cup he's definitely vocal and will be talking to everyone. That's the thing about Poulter; he's not scared to be the leader in that environment.

My style has evolved through the years being with Bonobos. I've come out of my shell a bit in terms of how I'm dressing on the golf course and what I feel comfortable in. I was very monochrome in the past and was hesitant to wear a lot of patterns even though I really love them.

My Open record is not particularly good if you look at it on paper. But at the same time I don't feel like it is as bad as the black and white suggests.

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

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.

Thousands of time I've won the Open Championship in my mind. This is probably the one I've dreamed about the most.

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.

I think when you're chasing major championships, any of them will do.

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

I've always had a Starbucks kind of reference for what I wear on the golf course: I have to be comfortable walking into Starbucks to get a cup of coffee on the way home.

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.

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.

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.

Yeah, I don't know whether it would be a coach's dream to coach the world No1 or a double-edged sword.

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.

There's definitely been some looks throughout history on the golf course that would make people say, 'woah, what's this guy wearing?!' if they were to walk into a restaurant.

I think really good style is all about accessorizing and layering. For me, I feel like you can always dress much better in cold weather than you can in warm weather.

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

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.

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

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

I turned pro at 18 and it took me 20 years to get to world No1.