Lee Trevino Quotes


"A hungry dog hunts best."
- Lee Trevino
"Golf isn't just my business, it's my hobby."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Business, Golf)

"His nerve, his memory, and I can't remember the third thing."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Memory)

"How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice."
- Lee Trevino
"I adore the game of golf. I won't ever retire."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Golf)

"The older I get the better I used to be!"
- Lee Trevino
"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."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: End)

"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."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Care)

"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."
- Lee Trevino
"Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Pressure)

"Pressure is when you play for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Play, Pressure)

"My wife doesn't care what I do when I'm away, as long as I don't have a good time."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Time, Wife, Care)

"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."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Life)

"My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Home, Divorce, Years)

"There are two things that won't last long in this world, and that's dogs chasing cars and pros putting for pars."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Dogs, World)

"There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Golf)

"When it comes to the game of life, I figure I've played the whole course."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Life)

"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
(Related: Years)

"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."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Money, Work, Husbands)

"You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Talk)

"Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Money, Day)

"I'm not out there just to be dancing around. I expect to win every time I tee up."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Time, Dancing)

"I've played golf with three U.S presidents."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Golf)

"I stay away from the telephone if at all possible."
- Lee Trevino
"I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to knit a sweater."
- Lee Trevino
"I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Accomplishments)

"I use an Arnold Palmer putter that was probably built back in 1954."
- Lee Trevino
"No one who ever had lessons would have a swing like mine."
- Lee Trevino
"I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money winner's list."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Money, Will)

"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."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Circumstances, Remarkable, Respect)

"I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Years)

"I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Wife, World)

"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."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: God, Golf)

"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."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: God)

"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."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Chicago, Cowboys, Living, Play, Stars)

"Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Basketball)

"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."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Golf, Open, Quiet, Talk)

"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."
- Lee Trevino
(Related: Time, Quality, Children, First)