Quotes By Lee Trevino

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.

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

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

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.

The older I get the better I used to be!

A hungry dog hunts best.

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

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 think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments.

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

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

You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen.

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.

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

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.

Jack Nicklaus liked to curve the ball by opening or closing the clubface at address. I never felt I was good enough to do it his way. I didn't like changing my swing path, either, which some guys do.

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.

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.

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.

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've played golf with three U.S presidents.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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