I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
BEN HOGANPeople 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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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 like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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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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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