As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
Ben HoganThere'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.
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.
Ben HoganThe truth is, the first golf club I owned was an old left-handed, wooden-shafted, rib-faced mashie that a fellow gave me, and that's the club I was weaned on. During the mornings we caddies would bang the ball up and down the practice field until the members arrived and it was time to go to work. So I did all that formative practice left-handed. But I'm a natural right-hander.
Ben Hogan