Quotes from Lee Trevino

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

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.

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.

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

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

I adore the game of golf. I won't ever retire.

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

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.

What a terrible round. I only hit two good balls all day and that was when I stepped on a rake in a bunker.

All my life I had a rapport with black caddies.

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

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.

My doctor told me my jogging could add years to my life.

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

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.'

His nerve, his memory, and I can't remember the third thing.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.