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.
TONY FINAUIt’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.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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I had a chance to win $2 million, a week after high school graduation, and if I turned pro, the sponsor was going to financially support me.
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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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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 always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
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I think there’s too many rules in golf. And I mean that’s easy to say for a player, but putting together a rule book is a tough thing in this game because there are so many different parts of the game.
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We’re going to tournaments, and we’re driving the par-4s. At 10 years old, I was hitting it, like, 240.
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It’s something that I dreamed of since I was a kid – to be able to represent my country and play in the Ryder Cup is what dreams are made of.
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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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I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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I wear green on Sunday because it’s my mom’s favorite color, but green goes pretty well on Sunday at the Masters, too.
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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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Staying in the moment is not worrying about the outcome but just focusing on the process on the next shot.
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I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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I know a lot of kids following in my footsteps, not only from my heritage, but there’s younger generations trying to follow in my footsteps.
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I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
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