Quote

I'm not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they'd come up sliced.

Lee Trevino

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Lee Trevino
Age: 84
Born: 1939
Born: December 1
Golfer
Dallas
Texas
Grew
Game
Sliced
Saying
Golfing
Went
Tomatoes
Games
Golfers
Come
Dirty
Golf
Gold

More quotes by Lee Trevino

Image
The older I get, the better I used to be.
Lee Trevino
Image
Chi Chi Rodriguez had as good a pair of hands as anybody I ever saw, and more shots than you can imagine. But Chi Chi had a habit of turning simple shots into difficult ones.
Lee Trevino
Image
Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket.
Lee Trevino
Image
There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.
Lee Trevino
Image
Caddies are a breed of their own. If you shoot 66, they say, Man, we shot 66! But go out and shoot 77, and they say Hell, he shot 77!
Lee Trevino
Image
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
Image
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
Image
I'm a golfaholic, no question about that. Counseling wouldn't help me. They'd have to put me in prison, and then I'd talk the warden into building a hole or two and teach him how to play.
Lee Trevino
Image
How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.
Lee Trevino
Image
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
Image
My wife doesn't care what I do when I'm away, as long as I don't have a good time.
Lee Trevino
Image
I've played golf with three U.S presidents.
Lee Trevino
Image
I stay away from the telephone if at all possible.
Lee Trevino
Image
I adore the game of golf. I won't ever retire.
Lee Trevino
Image
They say I'm famous for my chip shots. Sure, when I hit 'em right, they land just so, like a butterfly with sore feet.
Lee Trevino
Image
To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim over.
Lee Trevino
Image
All my life I had a rapport with black caddies.
Lee Trevino
Image
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.
Lee Trevino
Image
My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.
Lee Trevino
Image
I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15.
Lee Trevino