I find that my upbringing in the Church and my relationship with God are huge benefits to me in helping me become the kind of person that I want to become.
TONY FINAUI do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you’d think I was an NBA player.
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I definitely take time to smell the flowers because I feel like my upbringing was quite a bit different than most guys on Tour.
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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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But I always believed that I could be something special. I just had to prove it to myself.
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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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My brother and I ended up being known for our distance, but we had no idea how far we could hit the ball because we hit it the same, and all of a sudden.
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A lot of times, college can get you sidetracked. I was ready to turn my full attention to golf.
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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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I’m really proud, just seeing a lot of the kids that have been inspired by me.
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My most important goal is to set myself up on every Sunday to have a chance to win, and I know if I do those things, then everything else will take care of itself.
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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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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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The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
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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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Maybe I carry a little chip on my shoulder with just how tough it was for my parents to overcome some of those financial situations.
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