Lee Trevino Quotes
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Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket.
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Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.
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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.
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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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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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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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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.
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Seve Ballesteros was the best trouble-shot player who ever lived. It didn't matter how far in the woods you put that guy, he'd find a way to get out. But Seve inadvertently put a lot of big numbers on the scorecards of average players, because he inspired them to take dumb chances.
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My wife doesn't care what I do when I'm away, as long as I don't have a good time.
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I keep lot of my opinions to myself. My grandfather, who was a gravedigger, told me one day, 'Son, the next time you go by the cemetery, remember that a third of the people are in there because they got into other people's business.'
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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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You can't teach passion. You can teach everything else.
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I just feel like I have when I started making a lot of money, I started spreading it out to people. Mickelson, the whole deal, the over-tip: if I see a guy that looks like he needs a hand out or something, I'll pull something out and give him something.
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I stay away from the telephone if at all possible.
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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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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.
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I always loved hitting a low fade to a back-right pin with the wind howling from the right. Not many guys could get it close in that situation, because they kept it low by just putting the ball back in their stance. You see, playing the ball back turns you into a one-trick pony - you can only hit hooks.
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You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen.
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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.
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Golf isn't just my business, it's my hobby.
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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.
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I keep lot of my opinions to myself.
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I love watching Anthony Kim play, but I'm not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches on his full-swing shots. Choking down lightens the club's swingweight and effectively makes the shaft stiffer.
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I never think of yesterday. Can't do anything about it.