Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
BEN HOGANI always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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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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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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