I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
BEN HOGANMay thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
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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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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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There’s no set time or schedule for developing one’s skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn’t come overnight. It’s a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time.
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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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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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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