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.
BEN HOGANYou 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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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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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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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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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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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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 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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Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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