Ben Hogan Quotes

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Every day that you don't practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness

The most important shot in golf is the next one.

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.

The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.

If you can't outplay them, outwork them.

Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn't it

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.

There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.

If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.

Your name is the most important thing you own. Don't ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.

Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.

The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.

A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.

Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots.

I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It's like a rattlesnake in your pocket.

The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.

Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.

I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play

May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.

I don't like the glamour. I just like the game.

All other things being equal, greens break to the west.

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.

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.

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?

Good golf begins with a good grip.

Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?

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.

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

I never played a round when I didn't learn something new about the game.

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

I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.

Jesus Christ can't hit a golf ball straight. It's virtually impossible - at best it's an accident.

I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.

Shoot a lower score than everybody else.

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.

I play with friends, but we don't play friendly games.

I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.

When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.

Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.

This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.

Hit the ball up to the hole... You meet a better class of people up there.

If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.

I'm glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.

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

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

Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.

Golf was my life. I didn't want to give it up. So I went to work!

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.

When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.