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.
TONY FINAUI have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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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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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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I always told myself I am never going to set foot there unless I am playing and a participant.
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We grew up in the Rose Park section of Salt Lake City. It’s a good neighborhood but a tough one, on the poor side but proud.
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I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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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 knew when I got on tour that if I had the opportunity to give back to my community, which is Rose Park, I would.
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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.
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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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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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We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.
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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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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.
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Everything just kind of fell in my lap at a young age. Things were thrown at me very fast.
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I think the Polynesian people and the gospel are in harmony. We’re very respectful people, and very humble people… and I try and let that shine through as much as possible.
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