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Keegan Bradley on his pairing with Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy and Team USA being the underdogs at Gleneagles, Scotland, at a news conference on Wednesday.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Keegan Bradley, USA:

"This was all his (Phil Mickelson's) idea a couple of years ago before Medinah. He came to me and he said we are going to play in the Ryder Cup and we are going to win. I will never forget in my life when he said that to me. We were coming back from dinner and I was only on tour with my second year on tour. He said that to me and it still gives me goosebumps even thinking about it. We just match up well. I just let him talk and and let him decide the decisions. He thinks I am letting him. We just seem to match up. In alternate shot, I know Phil can get up and down from anywhere. So if I hit a bad shot, he can wedge it or chip it or do whatever he does and it just doesn't matter where I hit it. He's going to get it up and down."

SOUNDBITE (English) Keegan Bradley, USA:

"It's not that I want to play Rory (McIlroy). You always want to play the best players in the world that would be fun. But every single guy on either team is capable of winning every match they play. Everybody's really good and I am not too worried about who we play because I know everyone is going to be great."

SOUNDBITE (English) Keegan Bradley, USA:

"I think that you are an underdog because you are here. You are in Europe. You are in Scotland. I am a big believer that in the Ryder Cup world rankings, majors, wins, they are all gone. Everybody starts from scratch. The Ryder Cup is so unique to where you can out one day and be so nervous who knows how you are going to play and you could come out and play the best golf of your life, which I feel Chicago that was one of the best weeks I have ever had, so I say we are underdogs but come that first tee - everyone is even."