Ben Hogan Quotes
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Golf was my life. I didn't want to give it up. So I went to work!
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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If you can't outplay them, outwork them.
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I have always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in any other era because he has what it takes to reach the top.
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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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You hear stories about me beating my brains out practicing, but the truth is, I was enjoying myself. I couldn't wait to get up in the morning so I could hit balls. I'd be at the practice tee at the crack of dawn, hit balls for a few hours, then take a break and get right back to it. And I still thoroughly enjoy it. When I'm hitting the ball where I want, hard and crisply - when anyone is - it's a joy that very few people experience.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn't it
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I don't believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
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I play with friends, but we don't play friendly games.
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I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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You never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don't make a big deal out of an easy shot.
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I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
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There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
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Certainly, if you can't manage your game, you can't play tournament golf. You continually have to ask yourself what club to play, where to aim it, whether to accept a safe par or to try to go for a birdie. You can't play every hole the same way. I never could.
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I see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn't mean it can't be done.
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You wouldn't have had to call a penalty on me, I would've called I on myself'. 9. “I'm the sole judge of my standards”. 10. “I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.
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I never played a round when I didn't learn something new about the game.
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Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
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I'm glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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There's no set time or schedule for developing one's skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn't come overnight. It's a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time.
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I don't like the glamour. I just like the game.
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You only hit a straight ball by accident. The ball is going to move right or left every time you hit it, so you had better make it go one way or the other.
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