Lee Trevino Quotes

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.

My first years on tour, I tried to be super professional by considering the yardages to every feature and hazard. Over time my caddie and I noticed I play better when we keep it simple. Think about the distance you want the ball to fly, and only that number.

It's kind of exciting again. I'm doing everything right, right now. I'm driving the ball well and I'm hitting some pretty good irons and giving myself opportunities.

Where I fall down is my short game. I don't practice enough, and when I have to take a half swing from 50 yards out, that's trouble.

My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.

You have to know how to read your lie and take a calculated risk when you hit out of the rough.

I'm used to the golf course playing soft, so tomorrow I'm going to have to pay attention a little bit more.

I don't know how many times I've been 114 yards from the hole and made double bogey. Well, I hit a great drive, but it doesn't matter. It's only the next shot that matters.

When I'm on really tough golf courses, I feel like I'm more focused because I'm really trying to hit the ball to a certain spot, instead of, a lot of times, when I struggle sometimes is just staying mentally focused on every shot.

Unfortunately, I only have time to play 15 to 20 rounds a year. I'm a 6-handicap but can play to a 16, no problem.

On short courses I can still play good, even with my added length.

I've always been a good ball-striker, but if you're not a great putter, you're not going to win a lot.

The average golfer's problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing

Bets lengthen putts and shorten drives.

The elder who is eliminating what time has done to the face, what life has done to the face, is making a statement for others to see: This is the way to be a good old person - it is to defeat this body that is doing things to you. Because you haven't changed. Your body's changing.

When I'm on with my putting, I'm as good a putter as there is, probably.

I always could putt. Part of my makeup, I always could putt.

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

For amateur golfers, I think one of the biggest mistakes is to model their play on professionals.

The reality is, I'm not 24 or 34 anymore. Things are going to be different when I prepare for and when I compete in an athletic endeavor.

The older you get the harder you've got to train.

The only reason why I don't win is because of a bad decision, misjudged the wind, misjudged the read on the greens and wet conditions. Those are the three or four things that will cause me not to win. That's it.

My iron game. I get into trouble a lot with my driver, so I tend to hit 3-wood off the tee.

Look after your body, because I'm 44, and things are happening that I never dreamed of - like bad joints and man boobs!

If you're playing a shot and your peripheral vision picks up a player moving as you play the shot, if your vision goes from the object ball to what they're doing, you can miss the shot by several inches.