If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
BEN HOGANEvery day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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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 greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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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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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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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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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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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?
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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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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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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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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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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