I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
BEN HOGANI play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
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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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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 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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Control is the main thing, and the tee shot is the most important shot in golf. You’ve got to hit the fairway before you have a good chance of putting the ball close to the pin. You can be the greatest iron player in the world, but if you’re in the boondocks it won’t do you any good.
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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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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
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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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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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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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