If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.
BEN HOGANThe greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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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 could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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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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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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I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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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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A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
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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 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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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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