Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
BEN HOGANThere are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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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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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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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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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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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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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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