Lee Trevino Quotes - Page 3

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

  Lee Trevino

  Doors, Complaining, Next

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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.

  Lee Trevino

  Golf, Swings, Different

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

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  Golf, Swings, Lessons

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

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  Golf, World, Helping

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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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  Distance, Golf, Long

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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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  Golf, Winning, Player

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• I stay away from the telephone if at all possible.

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  Telephones, Ifs

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

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  Golf, Mexican, Traps

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• 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.

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  Player, Lines, Want

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

  Lee Trevino

  Golf, Names, Lasts

  "Merion returns to US Open stage, along with an appearance by Mother Nature", www.foxnews.com. June 12, 2013.

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• 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.

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  Sports, Golf, Mouths

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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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  Golf, Caddies, Care

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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.

  Lee Trevino

  Sports, Journey, Thinking

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• 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.

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  Fun, Golf, Doors

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

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  Golf, Names, Towels

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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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  Funny, Dog, Two

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

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  Sports, Workout, Two

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• 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.

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  Sports, Real, Smart

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• A hungry dog hunts best.

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  Dog, Golf, Hungry

  "Serby’s Sunday Q & A with… Damontre Moore". Interview with Steve Serby, nypost.com. August 11, 2013.

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• 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.

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  Fishing, Focus, Hook

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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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  Morning, Orthopedics, Necks

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• 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.

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  Golf, Night, Practice

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

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  Golf, Winning, Years

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

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  Golf, Two, Plans

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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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  Sports, Sweat, Mouths

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