Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness
BEN HOGANWhy that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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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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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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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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Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don’t you?
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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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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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You 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.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
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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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If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there’s no reason why he can’t shoot 18. Why can’t you birdie every hole on the course?
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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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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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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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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