Lee Trevino Quotes

Never have a club in your bag that you're afraid to hit.

Whenever I walk off the golf course, I thank God that I'm able to tell a joke. I thank God I'm good at something.

I was lying ten and had a thirty-five foot putt. I whispered over my shoulder: "How does this one break?" And my caddie said, "Who cares?"

Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.

Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics.

In case of a thunderstorm, stand in the middle of the fairway and hold up a one iron. Not even God can hit a one iron.

When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler.

People want security in this insecure world.

Exercise? I get it on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I run for the paramedics.

Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.

I don't fear death, but I sure don't like those three-footers for par.

I never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course.

All golfers fear the one-iron. It has no angle, no loft. The one-iron is a confidence-crusher, a fear trip, an almost guarantee of shame, failure, dumbness and humiliation if you ever use it in public.

Golf is the most fun you can have with out taking your clothes off.

I like golf because you can be really terrible at it, and still not look much dorkier than anybody else.

He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.

I'd give up golf if I didn't have so many sweaters.

'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

That was what made them so hilarious and unafraid. That was the strength of the Nazis. [...] They understood God better than anyone. They knew how to make Him stay away.

Things change when you're not in danger anymore.

Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself.

Fairway: a narrow strip of mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough.

Golf is a lot of walking, broken up by disappointment and bad arithmetic.

The only thing I fear on a golf course is lightning...and Ben Hogan.

If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.