Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
BEN HOGANLike most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.
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I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It’s like a rattlesnake in your pocket.
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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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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 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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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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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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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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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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