Ben Hogan on games
Ben Hogan57 quotes“This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.”
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
Ben HoganBen Hogan Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
Ben HoganBen Hogan If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there’s no reason why he can’t shoot 18. Why can’t you birdie every hole on the course?
Ben HoganBen Hogan If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
Ben HoganBen Hogan I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
Ben HoganBen Hogan Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
Ben HoganBen Hogan There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
Ben HoganBen Hogan I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
Ben HoganBen Hogan If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
Ben HoganBen Hogan Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
Ben HoganBen Hogan You hear stories about me beating my brains out practising, but the truth is, I was enjoying myself. I couldn’t wait to get up in the morning, so I could hit balls. When I’m hitting the ball where I want, hard and crisply, it’s a joy that very few people experience.
Ben HoganBen Hogan I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
Ben HoganBen Hogan Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
Ben HoganBen Hogan The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
Ben HoganBen Hogan 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.
Ben HoganBen Hogan Good golf begins with a good grip.
Ben HoganBen Hogan
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Life is a journey through the sea between the Islands of birth and success.
AurthurAurthur There are times when god speaks. You might not hear the words, but you’ll see. You’ll see.
Sonya TeclaiSonya Teclai For in the wild I feel the safest where the thorns of the invisible hand can not prick me.
Raha ArazRaha Araz I tried to write you something uplifting but I could only see grey.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados I want to spend the rest of my coffee’s with you.
Jessica PickardJessica Pickard Never again will I give, give myself to those who refuse to see my fire.
TMCTMC You attract the energy you give out to the world.
Stuart PetersonStuart Peterson We are built on a foundation of facades.
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Bas RuttenBas Rutten Usually when we lose a game is because we turn the ball over or not play well enough and usually it is the turnover thing. We have to take care of the ball. It is starts with me and not turning it over.
Ben RoethlisbergerBen Roethlisberger It’s a great stretch for me to do my game show. It’s very hard. It’s not me at all. The only part that’s me is sort of when I’m sitting in the booth looking tormented. That’s the only part that’s the real me.
Ben SteinBen Stein My first scene was a streaking scene, I had to streak at a footy game, thats how I get introduced.
Ben NicholasBen Nicholas Words can only hurt you if you try to read them. Don’t play their game!
Ben StillerBen Stiller Everything you do is measured by stats and it is difficult to keep your identity as a person out of the game. It can swallow you whole if you let yourself be engulfed by your statistics.
Ben ZobristBen Zobrist Are you the sort of person who can turn around when you have nothing left, and find that little bit extra inside you to keep going, or do you sag and wilt with exhaustion? It is a mental game, and it is hard to tell how people will react until they are squeezed.
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