Lee Trevino Quotes - Page 2

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

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.

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.

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

It's the most fun I've had with my clothes on.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

I'm not out there just to be dancing around. I expect to win every time I tee up.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.