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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: 84
Born: 1939
Born: December 1
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Grizzly Adams did have a beard.
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I stay away from the telephone if at all possible.
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I adore the game of golf. I won't ever retire.
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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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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.
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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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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 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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His nerve, his memory, and I can't remember the third thing.
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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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You're Mexican until you make money and then you're Spanish.
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Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.
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