I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.
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.
More Ben Hogan Quotes
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Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.
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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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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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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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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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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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Control 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.
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I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.
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The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.
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Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
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Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
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Certainly, if you can’t manage your game, you can’t play tournament golf.
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I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.
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Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.
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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.
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