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.
BEN HOGANRelax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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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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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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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I see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
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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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Good golf begins with a good grip.
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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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I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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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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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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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.
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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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