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

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Lee Trevino
Age: 84
Born: 1939
Born: December 1
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Dallas
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I'm in the woods so much I can tell you which plants are edible.
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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.
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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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I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to knit a sweater.
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His nerve, his memory, and I can't remember the third thing.
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I adore the game of golf. I won't ever retire.
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