It will be a great accomplishment if I become the best player in the world. But if my children can grow up with great core values and become great people and do good things and are happy, then, man, that would bring me great joy.
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More Tony Finau Quotes
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Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
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I definitely feel it’s important, whether I’ve taken time off or played right before, that I take necessary rest time in the weeks before the tournament.
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There’s a lot of great athletes all over the world, and some of them don’t have the access or opportunity to play the game of golf.
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It was tough, and sometimes you had to find some sponsors for a percentage of your winnings.
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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
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When I was on the Ryder Cup team and I surrounded myself with the other 11 guys and our captains, being in that locker room, it gave me an extra sense of confidence.
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Having a family, taking care of your kids and people outside yourself, maybe it’s motivated me more to give that extra something.
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I used to think I was hitting a draw at times, and the ball was still curving to the right! I still prefer to play a little fade, but I’ve had to recalibrate my visuals.
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One of the things I learned growing up, a rule that I go by, is just never give up. That’s one thing that I had to keep telling myself.
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It’s the Tiger Woods effect. What he was able to accomplish at such a young age – he drew me to the game, and I can only speak for myself, but a lot of the players that are my age saw Tiger in his prime when we were all teenagers.
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It’s a privilege to be in a position to give back, and one that I take pretty seriously because I know what it’s like… to be less fortunate, to be less privileged.
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I’ve taken two weeks off before I’ve played a major, and I’ve played two straight weeks before a major as well.
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We didn’t have cable TV. We just couldn’t afford it. But you don’t need cable to watch the Masters. In 1997, at the exact moment I started out, I watched Tiger Woods win the Masters.
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Rose Park is a community I’m very proud to be from.
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I use the low-spinning Pro V1 left dot. I mark it with the logo for the Tony Finau Foundation.
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I generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.
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I feel like listening is a huge part of life – not only listening to people, but listening to people that you believe in, people who you think are wise.
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If the rules aren’t going to protect the integrity of the game, then they’re wrong.
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I’ve had opportunities to step foot on the grounds and play Augusta and watch the Masters. But I always, since I was a kid,
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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf.
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I think it’s a cool thing to have kids look up to me and to know that it doesn’t matter, your background or your ethnic background. If you have goals and dreams, you can achieve them.
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At the heart of every slice is an open clubface. And it usually goes with a steep swing that cuts across the ball from out to in.
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So I definitely take time to realize where I’m at in my life. And I know that I’m blessed.
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