I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
BEN HOGANThere’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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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All other things being equal, greens break to the west.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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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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May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.
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The average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
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You wouldn’t have had to call a penalty on me, I would’ve called I on myself’. 9. “I’m the sole judge of my standards”. 10. “I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.
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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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Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.
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I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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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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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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You only hit a straight ball by accident. The ball is going to move right or left every time you hit it, so you had better make it go one way or the other.
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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 don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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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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I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
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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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The most important shot in golf is the next one.
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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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Jesus Christ can’t hit a golf ball straight. It’s virtually impossible – at best it’s an accident.
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