Chi Chi Rodriguez Quotes
Golfer
I'm getting so old, I don't even buy green bananas anymore.
Only fools live in the past or carry envy to the present.
The sweetest two words are 'next time.' The sourest word is 'if.'
No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot.
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.
If you worry about giving, you will never have enough of anything.
When a man retires, his wife gets twice the husband but only half the income.
I read the greens in Spanish, but putt in English.
A man never stands taller than when he stoops to help a child.
I like to do something good every day of my life, and I wanna leave the earth better than I found it.
I like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole and Dean Martin, who was my favorite, you know.
Anybody that worries about somebody suing them, that means that they're so crooked that they sue people, and they think people are gonna sue them.
Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus - especially Arnie - he used to beat my brains out when we were young. In the end, I got even. I started beating him up. And that felt really good.
They have a new division where you have to be at least 80 years old. You play three days for a million dollars, one hole a day, and if you can remember what you shot, you win!
To inspire children is my goal. Kids need adults to help them. Behind the success of a child is an adult.
Golf is the only sport that a professional can enjoy playing with his friends.
I never had a childhood. I started working when I was 7 years old. I got $1 a day getting water for the workers at the sugar cane plant.
When Lee and Jack win, it is good for golf. When I win, it is better.
Music is not supposed to rile you up. Music is something to bring you down.
Let your wife win all the battles, and you'll win the war.
The caddies are so overlooked out here, and I remember the tough times I had making ends meet when I used to carry the bag.
A lot of guys out here are very serious, and God bless them, that's their personality. It's not a sin to be business-like.
My father would give his dinner to any hungry kids who walked by and then go in the backyard and pick weeds from the yard to eat.
Everything I ever had, I have shared.
I love everybody. When someone hurts, I hurt.
Why do I love kids so much? Because I was never a kid myself. I was too poor to really have a childhood.