Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
BEN HOGANWhen I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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Control is the main thing, and the tee shot is the most important shot in golf. You’ve got to hit the fairway before you have a good chance of putting the ball close to the pin. You can be the greatest iron player in the world, but if you’re in the boondocks it won’t do you any good.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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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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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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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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