I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
BEN HOGANYou 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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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The average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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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 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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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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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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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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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People have always been telling me what I can’t do. I guess I have wanted to show them. That’s been one of my driving forces all my life.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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.
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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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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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A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
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