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.
BEN HOGANI don’t believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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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 never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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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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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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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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 always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in any other era because he has what it takes to reach the top.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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