Quotes By Ben Hogan
"Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots."
"I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people."
"There isn’t enough daylight in any one day to practice all the shots you need to."
"Every day that I missed practicing takes me one day longer to be good."
"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."
“I play to win, and I think the Lord has let me win for a purpose. I hope that purpose is to give courage to those people who are sick or injured and broken in body.”
"I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It's like a rattlesnake in your pocket."
"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."
"I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people."
"There isn’t enough daylight in any one day to practice all the shots you need to."
"Every day that I missed practicing takes me one day longer to be good."
"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."
“I play to win, and I think the Lord has let me win for a purpose. I hope that purpose is to give courage to those people who are sick or injured and broken in body.”
"I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It's like a rattlesnake in your pocket."
"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."
"For myself and other serious golfers, there is an undeniable beauty in the way a fine player sets his hands on the club."
"I play with friends, but we don't play friendly games."
"Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club don't you?"
"There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection."
"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."
After winning the 1951 U.S. Open at Oakland Hills, the longest U.S. Open course to that time: "I’m glad that I brought this course, this monster, to its knees."
After being congratulated for winning the 1951 U.S. Open by runner-up Clayton Heafner: "Thank you. How did you do?"
"I play with friends, but we don't play friendly games."
"Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club don't you?"
"There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection."
"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."
After winning the 1951 U.S. Open at Oakland Hills, the longest U.S. Open course to that time: "I’m glad that I brought this course, this monster, to its knees."
After being congratulated for winning the 1951 U.S. Open by runner-up Clayton Heafner: "Thank you. How did you do?"
"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."
"I have never achieved what I thought was success. Golf to me is a business, a livelihood in doing the thing that I like to do. I don't like the glamour. I just like the game."
"This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win."
"Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is 80-percent of winning golf."
"I dreamed I made 17 holes-in-one, and the on the 18th hole I lipped the cup and I was madder than hell."
"A good round of golf is if you can hit about three shots that turnout exactly as you planned them."
"The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball."
"The most important shot in golf is the next one."
"I have never achieved what I thought was success. Golf to me is a business, a livelihood in doing the thing that I like to do. I don't like the glamour. I just like the game."
"This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win."
"Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is 80-percent of winning golf."
"I dreamed I made 17 holes-in-one, and the on the 18th hole I lipped the cup and I was madder than hell."
"A good round of golf is if you can hit about three shots that turnout exactly as you planned them."
"The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball."
"The most important shot in golf is the next one."
"You have to give careful thought to every shot. Every shot sets up what you are going to do next. Every shot has to be placed correctly. Don't ever just hit a shot without thinking it through."
- Ben Hogan
Quotes about Ben Hogan
"For what Hogan meant, it's the old story: For those who know golf, no explanation is necessary. For those who don't, no explanation is possible." - Sportswriter Jim Murray
"He was the greatest player I ever played with. If he could putt 25 percent as well as Palmer could, he would have won 50 more tournaments. Don't forget that he made all the putts he had to make to win his nine majors." - Tommy Bolt
"Hogan plays one game and the rest of us play another." -Dave Marr
"He was a cold, detached artisan on the course, likened by some observers to an undertaker weaving a shroud of defeat for his adversaries." - Writer Will Grimsley
"If there's anything more remarkable than Ben Hogan's record, it's Ben himself.” - Rev. Granville Walker
"He was the greatest player I ever played with. If he could putt 25 percent as well as Palmer could, he would have won 50 more tournaments. Don't forget that he made all the putts he had to make to win his nine majors." - Tommy Bolt
"Hogan plays one game and the rest of us play another." -Dave Marr
"He was a cold, detached artisan on the course, likened by some observers to an undertaker weaving a shroud of defeat for his adversaries." - Writer Will Grimsley
"If there's anything more remarkable than Ben Hogan's record, it's Ben himself.” - Rev. Granville Walker