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"A lot of guys on the tour," he goes on, "gripe about the travel and the food and losing their laundry. Well, no matter how bad the food may be, I've eaten worse. And I couldn't care less about the laundry because I can remember when I only had one shirt." Even today, Trevino shudders at the thought of turning out in one of the snazzy ensembles favored by the other pros. "Wouldn't that be somethin'? Lee Trevino from El Paso stepping out on the course in a $150 pair of shoes, a $50 alpaca sweater and a $40 pair of trousers. You give me a pair of $8.95 pants, a $4 shirt and a pair of sneakers and I'm ready to tee up."
And off he goes, teeing up and yakking, yakking, yakking. "You only go around once in life"—thwack—"and you gotta smell the roses as you go by."