Quotes from Ben Hogan

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

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

next shot is eighty percent of winning golf..

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

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

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

The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.

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

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

If you can't outplay them, outwork them.

A well hit golf shot is a feeling that goes up the shaft, right through your hands and into your heart.

When a golfer has completed his left-hand grip, the V formed by the thumb and forefinger should point to his right eye.

There are no shortcuts on the quest for perfection.

Up to a considerable point, as I see it, there's nothing difficult about golf, nothing. I see no reason, truly, why the average golfer, if he goes about it intelligently, shouldn't play in the 70s

THE RIGHT-HAND GRIP IS A FINGER GRIP. THE TWO FINGERS WHICH SHOULD APPLY MOST OF THE PRESSURE ARE THE TWO MIDDLE FINGERS.

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

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

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

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.

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?

I learn something new about the game almost every time I step on the course.

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

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

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