I always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
TONY FINAUEverything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.
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We all wanted to be like him.
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So it’s really cool just to be the start of something pretty special for our culture.
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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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I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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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 think the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.
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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 don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.
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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.
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There are a lot of variables to playing mini-tour golf because of the finances. If you don’t play well, you’re often losing a lot of your own money.
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I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players.
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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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My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.
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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 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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