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I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.

Ben Hogan

I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Morning Waiting
Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
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Day Greatness One Practice
A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Luck Skills Two
There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
BEN HOGAN

Air Golf Sports
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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Golf Poor Remember Shade Tendency
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.
BEN HOGAN

Accept Aim Continually Same Try Way
I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
BEN HOGAN

Bother Bothered People
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.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Hair Swings
Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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Games Golf Sports
Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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Class Golf People
The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Judging Swings
I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
BEN HOGAN

Games Golf Persistence
I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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Play Way Winning
Your name is the most important thing you own. Don’t ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.
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Disgrace Important Names
Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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Game Golf Lower Score Sports
I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.
BEN HOGAN

Dreaned Golf Holes Night
Good golf begins with a good grip.
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Golf Good
All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
BEN HOGAN

Break Golf West
The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Needs Sports
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.
BEN HOGAN

Exercise Memories Skill
The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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Greatest Improving Pleasure
When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.
BEN HOGAN

Game Golf Practice Right
Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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Day Good Missing One
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
BEN HOGAN

Friday Inspirational Sports
I see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
BEN HOGAN

Done Golf Mean
There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.
BEN HOGAN

Golf Perfection Quest
Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
BEN HOGAN

Games Golf Play

I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.

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