Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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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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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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Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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