Ben Hogan
I couldn't wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.Collection: Morning
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.Collection: Wisdom
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.Collection: Sports
Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?Collection: Sports
The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.Collection: Sports
Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots.
If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.
I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.
The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.
I learn something new about the game almost every time I step on the course.
Shoot a lower score than everybody else.
There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
I'm glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.
The most important shot in golf is the next one.Collection: Golf
Every day that you don't practice is one day longer before you achieve greatnessCollection: Greatness
This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.Collection: Golf
If you can't outplay them, outwork them.Collection: Inspirational
The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.Collection: Pleasure
Your name is the most important thing you own. Don't ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.Collection: Names
Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.Collection: Golf
May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.Collection: Lying
There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.Collection: Golf
Hitting a golf ball and putting have nothing in common. They're two different games. You work all your life to perfect a repeating swing that will get you to the greens, and then you have to try to do something that is totally unrelated. There shouldn't be any cups, just flag sticks. And then the man who hit the most fairways and greens and got closest to the pins would be the tournament winner.Collection: Golf
I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to playCollection: Winning
I have really enjoyed every minute I have spent in golf- above all, the many wonderful friends I have made. I have loved playing the game and practicing it. Whether my schedule for the following day called for a tournament round or merely a trip to the practice tee, the prospect that there was going to be golf in it made me feel privileged and extremely happy, and I couldn't wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course againCollection: Morning
I never played a round when I didn't learn something new about the game.Collection: Golf
Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.Collection: Missing
A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.Collection: Golf
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.Collection: Golf
I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It's like a rattlesnake in your pocket.Collection: Hate
The average golfer's problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doingCollection: Golf
I don't believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.Collection: Believe
Certainly, if you can't manage your game, you can't play tournament golf. 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.Collection: Golf
Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.Collection: Golf
If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.Collection: Golf
I play with friends, but we don't play friendly games.Collection: Funny
Hit the ball up to the hole... You meet a better class of people up there.Collection: Golf
You hear stories about me beating my brains out practicing, but the truth is, I was enjoying myself. I couldn't wait to get up in the morning so I could hit balls. I'd be at the practice tee at the crack of dawn, hit balls for a few hours, then take a break and get right back to it. And I still thoroughly enjoy it. When I'm hitting the ball where I want, hard and crisply - when anyone is - it's a joy that very few people experience.Collection: Morning
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.Collection: Moving
Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn't itCollection: Sports
All other things being equal, greens break to the west.Collection: Golf
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.Collection: Morning
When you see an opportunity, you practice and work, at least from sunup to sundown.Collection: Opportunity
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.Collection: People
I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.Collection: People
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.Collection: Memories
I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad.Collection: Home
I don't like the glamour. I just like the game.Collection: Golf
Good golf begins with a good grip.Collection: Golf