More from Ben 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 All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
Ben HoganBen Hogan 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.
Ben HoganBen Hogan Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
Ben HoganBen Hogan Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
Ben HoganBen Hogan Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
Ben HoganBen Hogan
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In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt The irony is that he broke the only person he never wanted to hurt.
Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey I will wait, I am waiting, and I will love you with all the love I posses until this body is ash and I begin my search for you again.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney
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Bill MechanicBill Mechanic Pot is a better drug than alcohol. I’ll prove it to you. You’re at a ball game or a concert, and someone’s really violent and agressive and obnoxious, are they drunk or are they smoking pot?
Bill HicksBill Hicks I never realized how many holidays encroached on the collegiate training schedule. When I was training for the Olympics, only one holiday interested me, the Day After the Games.
Brad Alan LewisBrad Alan Lewis Starting early and getting girls on computers, tinkering and playing with technology, games and new tools, is extremely important for bridging the gender divide that exists now in computer science and in technology.
Beth Simone NoveckBeth Simone Noveck We have a guy from Switzerland who is just playing the game in a way I haven’t seen anyone – and I mean anyone – play before.
Boris BeckerBoris Becker I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.
Bobby FischerBobby Fischer But that’s the thing about basketball: you don’t play games on paper.
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