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You're Mexican until you make money and then you're Spanish.

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Lee Trevino
Age: 84
Born: 1939
Born: December 1
Golfer
Dallas
Texas
Spanish
Mexican
Money
Make

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All my life I had a rapport with black caddies.
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Winning isn't everything. It's the money you make doing it that's everything.
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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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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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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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I've played golf with three U.S presidents.
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Chipping and putting for par is like a dog chasing cars, he won't be doing it for very long.
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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 use an Arnold Palmer putter that was probably built back in 1954.
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I may buy the Alamo and give it back to Mexico.
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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'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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How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.
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I didn't want to change the name on the towels.
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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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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'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years.
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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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Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.
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I'm in the woods so much I can tell you which plants are edible.
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