Lee Trevino Quotes

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.

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

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

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

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

The older I get, the better I used to be.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!"

I've played golf with three U.S presidents.

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

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.

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.

I keep lot of my opinions to myself.

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

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.

I stay away from the telephone if at all possible.

All my life I had a rapport with black caddies.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

A hungry dog hunts best.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.