Chi Chi Rodriguez

“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.”

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

“A man never stands taller than when he stoops to help a child.”

“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.”

“To inspire children is my goal. Kids need adults to help them. Behind the success of a child is an adult.”

“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!”

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

“When Lee and Jack win, it is good for golf. When I win, it is better.”

“I like to do something good every day of my life, and I wanna leave the earth better than I found it.”

“If you worry about giving, you will never have enough of anything.”

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

“Everything I ever had, I have shared.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Why do I love kids so much? Because I was never a kid myself. I was too poor to really have a childhood.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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