Lee Trevino Quotes

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

If my IQ had been two points lower, I’d have been a plant somewhere.

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

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.

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 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.

Pressure is when you play for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket.

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.

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.

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

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.

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.

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.

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’ve played golf with three U.S presidents.

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

I’m going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money winner’s list.

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