Lee Trevino Quotes

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Lee Trevino

Profession : Golfer

Birth : December 1, 1939

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.

Lee Trevino

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.

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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.

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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.

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Pressure is when you play for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket.

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

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

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

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The older I get the better I used to be!

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All my life I had a rapport with black caddies.

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A hungry dog hunts best.

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You can't teach passion. You can teach everything else.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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