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.
BEN HOGANI don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play
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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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.
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I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
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If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
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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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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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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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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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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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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