Chi Chi Rodriguez Quotes

• They claim red meat is bad for you. But I never saw a sick-looking tiger.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Sick, Meat, Care

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• The first time I played the Masters, I was so nervous I drank a bottle of rum before I teed off. I shot the happiest 83 of my life.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Dirty, Golf, Gold

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• After all these years, it's still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf tour. Like the time I asked my caddie for a sand wedge and he came back ten minutes later with a ham on rye.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Dirty, Golf, Years

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• I've heard people say putting is 50 percent technique and 50 percent mental. I really believe it is 50 percent technique and 90 percent positive thinking, see, but that adds up to 140 percent, which is why nobody is 100 percent sure how to putt.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Believe, Positive Thinking, Golf

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• Only fools live in the past or carry envy to the present.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Sports, Past, Envy

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

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Fun, Golf, Clothes

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• I read the greens in Spanish, but I putt in English.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Golf

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• Remember you have to be comfortable. Golf is not a life or death situation. It's just a game and should be treated as such. Stay loose.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Golf, Remember You, Remembers You

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• No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Sports, Practice, Luck

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• I never prayed that I would make a putt. I prayed that I would react well if I missed.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Wells, Ifs

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• Golf is the only sport that a professional can enjoy playing with his friends.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Sports, Golf, Corny

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

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Golf, Three, Fear Of Death

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• I am a millionaire today and my wife deserves all of the credit. Before I met her I was a multi-millionaire.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Golf, Wife, Credit

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• When you're having trouble and topping the ball, it means the ground is moving on you.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Moving, Mean, Golf

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• Don't look for excuses to lose. Look for excuses to win.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Failure, Winning, Looks

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• Golf is a thinking man's game. You can have all the shots in the bag, but if you don't know what to do with them, you've got troubles.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Sports, Golf, Men

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• A golf ball is like a clock. Always hit it at 6 o'clock and make it go toward 12 o'clock. But make sure you're in the same time zone.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Golf, Time Zones, Balls

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• When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Retirement, Husband, Wife

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• If you buy a book on golf instruction buy the thinnest book you can find. The thinner the book, chances are the easier and more elementary the instruction. It can do one of two things: help you more or hurt you less. Both are good compared to the alternative.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Hurt, Book, Golf

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• Then Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus come in. I'll caddie for Jack.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Golf, Caddies

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• The sweetest two words are 'next time.' The sourest word is 'if.'

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Reality, Two, Next

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• Take less time to read the scorecard and more time to read the hole.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Holes, More Time

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• Playing golf is not hot work. Cutting sugar cane for a dollar a day - that's hot work. Hotter than my first wrist watch.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Cutting, Golf, Hot

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• When I used to gamble, I looked for players with head covers on their irons. Those guys I could beat.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Golf, Player, Iron

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• I'm getting so old, I don't even buy green bananas anymore.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Golf, Green, Bananas

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