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.
BEN HOGANThe average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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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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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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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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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 never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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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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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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