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I read the greens in Spanish, but I putt in English.

Chi Chi Rodriguez

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Chi Chi Rodriguez
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: October 23
Athlete
Golfer
El Roble
Puerto Rico
Chi-Chi Rodríguez
Chi-Chi Rodriguez
English
Golf
Read
Putt
Greens
Spanish

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I've heard people say putting is 50 percent technique and 50 percent mental. I really believe it is 50 percent technique and 90 percent positive thinking, see, but that adds up to 140 percent, which is why nobody is 100 percent sure how to putt.
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No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot.
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He told me just to keep the ball low.
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Trevino is in a league by himself. We don't even count him. We figure when you come in second, you're a winner.
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I never prayed that I would make a putt. I prayed that I would react well if I missed.
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A golf ball is like a clock. Always hit it at 6 o'clock and make it go toward 12 o'clock. But make sure you're in the same time zone.
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Somebody give me a banana. I'm playing like a monkey, so I might as well eat like one.
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Take less time to read the scorecard and more time to read the hole.
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When I used to gamble, I looked for players with head covers on their irons. Those guys I could beat.
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I'm getting so old, I don't even buy green bananas anymore.
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Then Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus come in. I'll caddie for Jack.
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The sweetest two words are 'next time.' The sourest word is 'if.'
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Only fools live in the past or carry envy to the present.
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Remember you have to be comfortable. Golf is not a life or death situation. It's just a game and should be treated as such. Stay loose.
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Golf is the most fun you can have with out taking your clothes off.
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I never pray to God to make a putt. I pray to God to help me react good if I miss a putt.
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Playing golf is not hot work. Cutting sugar cane for a dollar a day - that's hot work. Hotter than my first wrist watch.
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The first time I played the Masters, I was so nervous I drank a bottle of rum before I teed off. I shot the happiest 83 of my life.
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After all these years, it's still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf tour. Like the time I asked my caddie for a sand wedge and he came back ten minutes later with a ham on rye.
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I am a millionaire today and my wife deserves all of the credit. Before I met her I was a multi-millionaire.
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