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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.
Tony FinauTony Finau The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.
Tony FinauTony Finau I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.
Tony FinauTony Finau I knew when I got on tour that if I had the opportunity to give back to my community, which is Rose Park, I would.
Tony FinauTony Finau I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
Tony FinauTony Finau My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
Tony FinauTony Finau 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.
Tony FinauTony Finau Because my lower body is quiet, I need a full shoulder turn to generate power and speed. Keep your tempo smooth, and with the quiet lower body, you don’t have to worry about losing your balance.
Tony FinauTony Finau We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
Tony FinauTony Finau I had plenty of power, and I knew how to play the curve, but I was a tour player who was watching his tee shots peel 30, 40 yards to the right.
Tony FinauTony Finau The Ping 51-degree makes for a nice transition from the irons. On my 60, it says 8 degrees of bounce, but I grind it to about 5 or 6 degrees. I tried a head with less bounce, but it just didn’t look right.
Tony FinauTony Finau I definitely take time to smell the flowers because I feel like my upbringing was quite a bit different than most guys on Tour.
Tony FinauTony Finau 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.
Tony FinauTony Finau 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.
Tony FinauTony Finau I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
Tony FinauTony Finau Mini-tour life isn’t a glamorous, professional golf life. If you’re not on the PGA Tour, it is very tough financially.
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When I was fourteen, my father decided to initiate me into the ways of manhood, and took me to the local whorehouse.
Tennessee WilliamsTennessee Williams From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn’t mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.
Harold WilsonHarold Wilson When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
Larry BirdLarry Bird For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863…
William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner For me, as a 14-year-old aspiring to be in the NBA, I wanted to hear from players.
Kevin DurantKevin Durant Think of how many are arrested for selling fake stock, for seducing 14-year-old girls in orphanages under their care, for arson, for murder.
Sinclair LewisSinclair Lewis At the age of fourteen I discovered writing as an escape from a world of reality in which I felt acutely uncomfortable.
Tennessee WilliamsTennessee Williams I first started wearing fragrance when I was thirteen or fourteen, and the smell was candy-like. They were in very colorful bottles, like turquoise and pink. By the time I was sixteen or seventeen, it got more girly and more floral.
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