Top quotes by Lee Trevino

Living in Dallas, I root for the Mavericks and the Stars and the Cowboys, but I've always pulled for the Chicago Cubs. I enjoy watching them play. Votes: 29

I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to knit a sweater. Votes: 23

I don't know of any other organization that's raised more money than golf has, because if you are a baseball player, you're a football player, you're a hockey player, if you're just a businessman, and you want to raise some money for a charity, what do they do? They have a golf tournament. They have a golf outing, and they go out and they do it. Votes: 19

One of the nice things about the Senior Tour is that we can take a cart and cooler. If your game is not going well, you can always have a picnic. Votes: 19

Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either. Votes: 14

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player. Votes: 13

If your concentration is getting bad, take up bass fishing. It will really improve your ability to focus. If you aren't ready when that fish hits, you can't set the hook. Votes: 11

I may buy the Alamo and give it back to Mexico. Votes: 11

Green synthetic practice mats are the worst thing for your golf game that I know of. You can hit six inches behind the ball and not even know it, because the ball still gets airborne. Practice nets are awful, too. Swing a weighted club instead. Votes: 10

I believe in reincarnation. In my last life I was a peasant. Next time around, I'd like to be an eagle. Who hasn't dreamed they could fly? They're a protected species, too. Votes: 10

When you really deep down look at it, we go to bed every night, get up every morning, stay here for 70 or 80 years, and then we die. Votes: 8

I never think of yesterday. Can't do anything about it. I'm a positive guy. When you really deep down look at it, we go to bed every night, get up every morning, stay here for 70 or 80 years, and then we die. Votes: 7

Every shot feels like the first shot of the day. If I'm on the range hitting shot after shot, I can hit them just as good as I did when I was 30. But out on the course, your body changes between shots. You get out of the cart, and you've got this 170-yard 5-iron over a bunker, and it goes about 138. Votes: 7

I adore the game of golf. I won't ever retire. Votes: 7

Caddies are a breed of their own. If you shoot 66, they say, "Man, we shot 66!" But go out and shoot 77, and they say "Hell, he shot 77!" Votes: 7

I have an orthopedic pillow that's made out of a sponge material. I have a plate in my throat, and I have to be careful or I could end up with a bad neck in the morning. That pillow is a must everywhere I go. Votes: 6

When it comes to the game of life, I figure I've played the whole course. Votes: 6

I stay away from the telephone if at all possible. Votes: 6

Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe. Votes: 6

I'm a golfaholic. And all the counseling in the world wouldn't help me. Votes: 6

Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket. Votes: 6

You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work. Votes: 6

I'm actually a very quiet person off the golf course. I talk 150 miles per hour when I'm at the course, but when in private I very seldom ever open my mouth. Votes: 5

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice. Votes: 5

I just feel like I have when I started making a lot of money, I started spreading it out to people. Mickelson, the whole deal, the over-tip: if I see a guy that looks like he needs a hand out or something, I'll pull something out and give him something. Votes: 4

All my life I had a rapport with black caddies. Votes: 3

There are two things that won't last long in this world, and that's dogs chasing cars and pros putting for pars. Votes: 3

I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money-winners list. Votes: 3

His nerve, his memory, and I can't remember the third thing. Votes: 2

Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money. Votes: 2

My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch. Votes: 0

The older I get, the better I used to be. Votes: 0

If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron. Votes: 0

I'm not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they'd come up sliced. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls. Votes: 0

Show me a golfer who doesn't have a mean streak, and I'll show you a weak competitor. Votes: 0

Every golfer should come to the first tee with fourteen clubs, a dozen balls, a handful of tees, and at least one great golf story Votes: 0

The most interesting guy I've ever played with was King Hassan of Morocco. I went over there on a trip in the early 1970s, and the King and I played five holes. I've never been that nervous in my life. Votes: 0

Golf isn't just my business, it's my hobby. Votes: 0

A hungry dog hunts best. Votes: 0

In case of a thunderstorm, stand in the middle of the fairway and hold up a one iron. Not even God can hit a one iron. Votes: 0

They say I'm famous for my chip shots. Sure, when I hit 'em right, they land just so, like a butterfly with sore feet. Votes: 0

Only bad golfers are lucky. They're the ones bouncing balls off trees, curbs, turtles and cars. Good golfers have bad luck. When you hit the ball straight, a funny bounce is bound to be unlucky. Votes: 0

I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years. Votes: 0

If Jack Nicklaus had to play my tee shots, he couldn't break 80. He'd be a pharmacist with a string of drugstores in Ohio. Votes: 0

I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances. Votes: 0

I'm not out there just to be dancing around. I expect to win every time I tee up. Votes: 0

My point is, there's no sense trying to squeeze something out of your swing if you can let your clubs do the shotmaking for you. Votes: 0

I'm not a real smart guy. But I've got enough brains to realize that when I'm 60 years old and play a sport, that it's downhill. Votes: 0

If I could do anything over, I'd have spent more time with my first set of children. I would have taken more quality time with them, for sure. Votes: 0

If you've ever driven across Texas, you know how different one area of the state can be from another. Take El Paso. It looks as much like Dallas as I look like Jack Nicklaus Votes: 0

I'm a golfaholic, no question about that. Counseling wouldn't help me. They'd have to put me in prison, and then I'd talk the warden into building a hole or two and teach him how to play. Votes: 0

Winning isn't everything. It's the money you make doing it that's everything. Votes: 0

I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments. Votes: 0

I use an Arnold Palmer putter that was probably built back in 1954. Votes: 0

Sure, I've felt racism. I think everybody has prejudice. When I was growing up, the dark Mexican kids weren't allowed in the public swimming pool in Dallas. My light-skinned friend got in, and he laughed at us. It didn't seem like a big deal, because we didn't know any different. So I never ran into anything that actually scarred me. Votes: 0

I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money winner's list. Votes: 0

Chi Chi Rodriguez had as good a pair of hands as anybody I ever saw, and more shots than you can imagine. But Chi Chi had a habit of turning simple shots into difficult ones. Votes: 0

I love watching Anthony Kim play, but I'm not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches on his full-swing shots. Choking down lightens the club's swing weight and effectively makes the shaft stiffer. It also makes it difficult to hit the ball high enough for all situations. Votes: 0

I love watching Anthony Kim play, but I'm not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches on his full-swing shots. Choking down lightens the club's swingweight and effectively makes the shaft stiffer. Votes: 0

Yes, I think I have the best swing on the Tour. Why have scores comedown in the last ten years? Partly because they are imitating me. Votes: 0

Seve Ballesteros was the best trouble-shot player who ever lived. It didn't matter how far in the woods you put that guy, he'd find a way to get out. But Seve inadvertently put a lot of big numbers on the scorecards of average players, because he inspired them to take dumb chances. Votes: 0

Jack Nicklaus liked to curve the ball by opening or closing the clubface at address. I never felt I was good enough to do it his way. I didn't like changing my swing path, either, which some guys do. Votes: 0

Jack Nicklaus liked to curve the ball by opening or closing the clubface at address. I never felt I was good enough to do it his way. I didn't like changing my swing path, either, which some guys do. There's only one really reliable way to curve the ball: Change your hand position at address. Votes: 0

I remember the first time going to St. Jude. I didn't like going there because the children were ill, and it just broke my heart. It makes you test your religion when you see something like that. But the Lord doesn't want just old people. You know, He wants some young people, too, and good people. He takes care of them. He takes care of them. Votes: 0

I always loved hitting a low fade to a back-right pin with the wind howling from the right. Not many guys could get it close in that situation, because they kept it low by just putting the ball back in their stance. You see, playing the ball back turns you into a one-trick pony - you can only hit hooks. Votes: 0

I will fall in love with any golf course that you have to drive the ball straight. You understand what I'm saying? That's my advantage. My advantage wasn't putting. In fact, I wasn't even a great putter or a good putter. Votes: 0

My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years. Votes: 0

I never think of yesterday. Can't do anything about it. Votes: 0

The older I get the better I used to be! Votes: 0

[Jack Nicklaus] was the first to bring in course management. He could go to a course and tell you within one stroke what was going to win. He used to set his sights on that because he could shoot it. He was the only player I know who, if he decided he wanted to win a tournament, could go out and do it. No one will ever be as popular as Arnold Palmer and no one will ever come close to Jack as a player. Votes: 0

99% of the putts that are short don't go in the hole Votes: 0

A rough should have high grass. When you go bowling they don't give you anything for landing in the gutter, do they? Votes: 0

Actually, my plan was to be 20-under par after two days but it didn't work Votes: 0

Arnie has more people watching him park the car than we do out on the course. Votes: 0

Chipping and putting for par is like a dog chasing cars, he won't be doing it for very long. Votes: 0

Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course. Votes: 0

Grizzly Adams did have a beard Votes: 0

I didn't want to change the name on the towels. Votes: 0

I got no pride on the hole. It's a par-5 and I play it that way. A four is a birdie. Votes: 0

I keep lot of my opinions to myself. Votes: 0

I love Merion and I don't even know her last name. Votes: 0

I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15. Votes: 0

I played the tour in 1967 and told jokes and nobody laughed. Then I won the Open the next year, told the same jokes, and everybody laughed like hell. Votes: 0

I still swing the way I used to, but when I look up the ball is going in a different direction. Votes: 0

I thought I'd blown it at the 17th when I drove into a trap. God is a Mexican. Votes: 0

I thought Manual Labor was a Mexican golf pro. Votes: 0

If God wanted you to putt cross-handed, he would have made your left arm longer. Votes: 0

If it wasn't for golf, I don't know what I'd be doing. If my IQ had been two points lower, I'd have been a plant somewhere. Votes: 0

I'm hitting the driver so good I gotta dial the operator for long distance after I hit it. Votes: 0

I'm in the woods so much I can tell you which plants are edible. Votes: 0

I'm really going to do my homework. I'm going to be down there on the practice tee finding out if a guy's wife beat him up the night before, important stuff like that. Stuff that people want to know. Votes: 0

It's the most fun I've had with my clothes on. Votes: 0

I've seen enough crazy shots to know they happen in the best of families. Votes: 0

I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife. Votes: 0

Just remember, somewhere there's some guy who's tired of putting up with her crap Votes: 0

My doctor told me my jogging could add years to my life. Votes: 0

My family was so poor the lady next door gave birth to me. Votes: 0

My wife doesn't care what I do when I'm away, as long as I don't have a good time. Votes: 0

No one who ever had lessons would have a swing like mine. Votes: 0

Pressure is trying to make a putt for a $10 bet with only $5 in your pocket. Votes: 0

Pressure is when you've got thirty-five bucks riding on a four-foot putt and you've only got five dollars left. Votes: 0

Somewhere along the line I'll be recognized as one of the top players in the Nicklaus era. That's all I want to be remembered for. Votes: 0

There are two things you can do with your head down - play golf and pray. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as a natural golfer but you become one by hitting thousands of balls Votes: 0

To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim over. Votes: 0

We all choke, and the man who says he doesn't choke is lying like hell. Votes: 0

When you're poor, you know nothing about the future, you know nothing about the world, nothing that goes on outside 300 yards around you. Votes: 0

Who can say I have a bad swing? The only thing that matters in golf is the score you put on the board. You don't have to look pretty out there, you have to win. Look at my record and tell me who has a better swing than mine. Votes: 0

You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen. Votes: 0

You don't know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two bucks in your pocket. Votes: 0

You have to understand, I don't play golf for fun. It's my business. When the mailman starts delivering mail on his off day, that's when I'll start playing golf for the hell of it. I like to play in tournaments. There are many great courses around the world that I have never played that are next door to tournaments. I have not played them because I don't play for fun. Votes: 0

You're Mexican until you make money and then you're Spanish. Votes: 0

Two things that are not long for this world: dogs that chase cars and professional golfers who putt for pars. Votes: 0

I've played golf with three U.S presidents. Votes: 0