“The things that transpired in my life, they didn’t happen in the order that they’re supposed to, or are ideal.”

I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,

It’s a cool thing to see Polynesians – there’s not too many of us, period – but especially doing well in American sports. It’s pretty cool.

I didn’t have really much of a social life in high school, and I’m not really a partyer, so college wasn’t super appealing to me at the time.

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.

I just had different circumstances than most players, and I think that has been an advantage.

Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.

The No. 1 institution in the world is family. It’s so powerful.

For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right.

There are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely put my name in the mix as one of the best.

Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.

I’ve taken two weeks off before I’ve played a major, and I’ve played two straight weeks before a major as well.

I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.

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.

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.

I use the low-spinning Pro V1 left dot. I mark it with the logo for the Tony Finau Foundation.

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.

It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.

The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.

I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.

Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.

The Iranians know what they need to do in order to become a responsible member of the international community and in order to become a good neighbor, and it’s really up to them to change their behavior.

A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers.

In another situation, and in an active station in life,

Of course, I love tools. I also love arranging them, to the point where I came up with a name for my organizing metric: first-order retrievability.