Quotes from Lee Trevino

If you're 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.

My wife tells me she doesn't care what I do when I'm away, as long as I'm not enjoying it.

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.

One under a tree, one under a bush, one under the water.

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.

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.

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.

There are two things you can do with your head down — play golf and pray.

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.

Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course.

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.

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

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.

I will fall in love with any golf course that you have to drive the ball straight. You understand what I'm saying? That's my advantage. My advantage wasn't putting. In fact, I wasn't even a great putter or a good putter.

I keep lot of my opinions to myself.

The older I get the better I used to be!

Actually, my plan was to be 20-under par after two days but it didn't work

Arnie has more people watching him park the car than we do out on the course.

Chipping and putting for par is like a dog chasing cars, he won't be doing it for very long.

We all choke and the man who says he doesn't choke is lying like hell.

There are two things that won't last long in this world, and that's dogs chasing cars and pros putting for pars.

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.