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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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Lee Trevino
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: December 1
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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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I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife.
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Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe.
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You don't know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two bucks in your pocket.
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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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There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.
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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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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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All my life I had a rapport with black caddies.
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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.
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The older I get, the better I used to be.
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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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I'm not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they'd come up sliced.
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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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When it comes to the game of life, I figure I've played the whole course.
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I'm hitting the driver so good I gotta dial the operator for long distance after I hit it.
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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.
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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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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.
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I adore the game of golf. I won't ever retire.
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