Lee Trevino Quotes and Sayings - Page 2
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“A rough should have high grass. When you go bowling they don't give you anything for landing in the gutter, do they?”
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“When it comes to the game of life, I figure I've played the whole course.”
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“I thought Manual Labor was a Mexican golf pro.”
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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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“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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“I'm hitting the driver so good I gotta dial the operator for long distance after I hit it.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“No one who ever had lessons would have a swing like mine.”
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“[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.”
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“I still swing the way I used to, but when I look up the ball is going in a different direction.”
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“I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments.”
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“I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to knit a sweater.”
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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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“I use an Arnold Palmer putter that was probably built back in 1954.”
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“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.”
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“Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.”
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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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“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.”
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“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.”
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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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“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.”
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“Winning isn't everything. It's the money you make doing it that's everything.”
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“My doctor told me my jogging could add years to my life.”
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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 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.”
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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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“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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“I've played golf with three U.S presidents.”
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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.”
-- Lee Trevino
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