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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
Money
Make
Spanish
Mexican

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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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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 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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I'm in the woods so much I can tell you which plants are edible.
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Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.
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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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How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.
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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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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.
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The older I get, the better I used to be.
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I didn't want to change the name on the towels.
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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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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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There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.
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I've played golf with three U.S presidents.
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I adore the game of golf. I won't ever retire.
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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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I stay away from the telephone if at all possible.
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All my life I had a rapport with black caddies.
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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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