I’m from Samoan heritage, and with the rugby in our blood and everything,
TONY FINAUI 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.
More Tony Finau Quotes
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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 always felt I’ve been tough, and that my tolerance for pain is pretty high.
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As a rookie, I need to play a lot. I need to know what courses I like and adjust to the atmosphere and the lifestyle of playing at the highest level.
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Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most.
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This whole golf thing was so left field for us, as Polynesians, but he had a lot of knowledge about sports in general. My dad was a genius, really. He was an absolute genius.
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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.
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We all wanted to be like him.
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I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.
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It’s cool to be able to dunk. I’m pretty tall and pretty long. My body’s probably built more for basketball than for golf.
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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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Sports are big. You learn to fight.
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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.
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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 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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Having a family, taking care of your kids and people outside yourself, maybe it’s motivated me more to give that extra something.
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