Lee Trevino Quotes

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

I keep lot of my opinions to myself. My grandfather, who was a gravedigger, told me one day, 'Son, the next time you go by the cemetery, remember that a third of the people are in there because they got into other people's business.'

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

I stay away from the telephone if at all possible.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

All my life I had a rapport with black caddies.

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.

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

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.

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'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.

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

Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

[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.

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

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

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

Grizzly Adams did have a beard

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

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

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

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

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

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

I thought Manual Labor was a Mexican golf pro.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

I keep lot of my opinions to myself.