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All my life I had a rapport with black caddies.

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Lee Trevino
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: December 1
Golfer
Dallas
Texas
Caddies
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Black
Life

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Winning isn't everything. It's the money you make doing it that's everything.
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I believe in reincarnation. In my last life I was a peasant. Next time around, I'd like to be an eagle. Who hasn't dreamed they could fly? They're a protected species, too.
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There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.
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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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How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.
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Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.
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If you've ever driven across Texas, you know how different one area of the state can be from another. Take El Paso. It looks as much like Dallas as I look like Jack Nicklaus
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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.
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I've played golf with three U.S presidents.
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I never think of yesterday. Can't do anything about it.
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There are two things you can do with your head down - play golf and pray.
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I didn't want to change the name on the towels.
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To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim over.
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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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My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.
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There are two things that won't last long in this world, and that's dogs chasing cars and pros putting for pars.
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If it wasn't for golf, I don't know what I'd be doing. If my IQ had been two points lower, I'd have been a plant somewhere.
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I played the tour in 1967 and told jokes and nobody laughed. Then I won the Open the next year, told the same jokes, and everybody laughed like hell.
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Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket.
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I stay away from the telephone if at all possible.
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