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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness

Ben Hogan

Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
BEN HOGAN

Day Greatness One Practice
I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
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Dreaned Golf Holes Night
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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Champion Golf Men
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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Golf Luck Skills Two
I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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Golf Knees Monsters
I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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Games Golf Persistence
May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Golf Lying Water
Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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Athlete Funny Sports
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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Eye Fighting Play
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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Friday Inspirational Sports
Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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Games Golf Sports
I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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Games Glamour Golf
Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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Golf Stroke Wife
I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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Play Way Winning
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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Judging People Player
Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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Games Golf Play
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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Accept Aim Continually Same Try Way
Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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Game Golf Lower Score Sports
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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Driving Force People
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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Golf Men Reason Shoot
Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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Day Good Missing One
All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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Break Golf West
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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Golf Morning People
When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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Opportunity Practice
The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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Golf Needs Sports
The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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Greatest Improving Pleasure
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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Accident Ball Moving Other Way

Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness

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