Lee Trevino Quotes about Sports

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.

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

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.

There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

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

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

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

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

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.

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 never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15.