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 HOGANI 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 HOGANGolf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
BEN HOGANI don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
BEN HOGANI play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
BEN HOGANWhen you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.
BEN HOGANAs you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
BEN HOGANThe greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
BEN HOGANControl 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.
BEN HOGANI play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.
BEN HOGANYou never fight your eye when you look at a hole. If it looks one way, play it that way. Don’t make a big deal out of an easy shot.
BEN HOGANPeople 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 HOGANYour name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
BEN HOGANIf we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
BEN HOGANHit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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.
BEN HOGANGolf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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