“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.”

I do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.

Having a family, taking care of your kids and people outside yourself, maybe it’s motivated me more to give that extra something.

The crazy thing is, the last club I ever learned to hit was my driver.

I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have turned pro at 17.

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.

I have a bunch from when I played on the Canadian Tour. I’m not superstitious.

My irons are three-eighths of an inch longer than standard.

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.

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.

We are really proud of our culture and, really, just being a minority.

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.

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.

I definitely take time to smell the flowers because I feel like my upbringing was quite a bit different than most guys on Tour.

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.

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.

I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges.

The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.

And thus I aspire to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named so that I would not build on another man’s foundation.

The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.

Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.

The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.

I’ll only retire in the day I should be dead and they have me buried, and some idiot spell over my casket some stupid gospel stuff.

Left ear, I wear four earrings. The four is symbolic of the four seasons, spring, winter, summer and fall, the four directions, north, east, south and west, the four gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.