Lee Trevino Quotes
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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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You don't know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two bucks in your pocket.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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My family was so poor the lady next door gave birth to me.
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I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife.
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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.
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My doctor told me my jogging could add years to my life.
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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.
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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.
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Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.
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My wife doesn't care what I do when I'm away, as long as I don't have a good time.
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99% of the putts that are short don't go in the hole
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I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money-winners list.
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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!"
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All my life I had a rapport with black caddies.
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Show me a golfer who doesn't have a mean streak, and I'll show you a weak competitor.
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I've seen enough crazy shots to know they happen in the best of families.
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I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15.
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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.
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I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments.
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I may buy the Alamo and give it back to Mexico.
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I stay away from the telephone if at all possible.
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Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course.
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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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There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.
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I didn't want to change the name on the towels.
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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.
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