Top 35 Chi Chi Rodriguez Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Don’t look for excuses to lose. Look for excuses to win.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

2. “I don’t exaggerate – I just remember big.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

3. “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

4. “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

5. “I don’t fear death, but I sure don’t like those three-footers for par.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

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

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

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

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

8. “I’m playing like Tarzan-and scoring like Jane.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

9. “No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

10. “Somebody give me a banana. I’m playing like a monkey, so I might as well eat like one.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

11. “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

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

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

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

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

14. “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

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

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

16. “Putting isn’t golf, greens should be treated almost the same as water hazards: you land on them, then add two strokes to your score.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

17. “The sweetest two words are ‘next time.’ The sourest word is ‘if.’”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

18. “Jack Nicklaus is a legend in his spare time.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

19. “I read the greens in Spanish, but I putt in English.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

20. “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

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

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

22. “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

23. “I have 13 dependents. All of them have 140 IQ or better, except me. I’m under 100 IQ, and I support them all.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

24. “I never prayed that I would make a putt. I prayed that I would react well if I missed.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

25. “He told me just to keep the ball low.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

26. “Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that’s bad for you!”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

27. “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

28. “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

29. “Maintain a childhood enthusiasm for the game of golf.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

30. “I was on the dance floor but I couldn’t hear the band.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

31. “Then Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus come in. I’ll caddie for Jack.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

32. “When you’re having trouble and topping the ball, it means the ground is moving on you.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

33. “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

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

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

35. “Take less time to read the scorecard and more time to read the hole.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

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

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

37. “Trevino is in a league by himself. We don’t even count him. We figure when you come in second, you’re a winner.”

— Chi Chi Rodriguez