Finchem Quotes & Sayings

I've been trying to get Mr. Finchem to lengthen 5 and 7 and 14 and 18 - and he's being a mule, — Pete Dye

The game of golf was bigger than Jack Nicklaus when Jack was dominating the game. — Tim Finchem

Connecting with people, getting things done - that's what makes the travel worthwhile. — Tim Finchem

What tournaments want to do, typically, is support charities in their community that need the money and charities that are impactful to their community. The better the job the tournament does for the charities, the better they are able to sell the tournament and raise money for the charity. — Tim Finchem

Working in Washington, trying to make a difference, that was a very meaningful time for me, a period of personal growth. — Tim Finchem

I'm a fan of the power nap. About twice a week, I'll stretch out on a little couch in my office for 20 minutes. I don't need a wake-up call; I pop right up, feeling refreshed. — Tim Finchem

I've never played golf with Tiger Woods. To tell the truth, I'm not sure that watching him pound it 100 yards past me all day is something I'd like to do. — Tim Finchem

If I want to make something known, I have to make a concerted effort to get the word out. Tiger Woods, on the other hand, only has to say something, and it's tomorrow's headlines. — Tim Finchem

When I was 10, I had a paper route. One year, I delivered my papers through a hurricane. My mother was against the idea, but my dad, who was a sergeant in the Marine Corps, overruled her. I was determined to deliver my papers. — Tim Finchem

That's what PGA Tour golf is all about. It's a partnership with the community to help people to raise money for charity and to do it using golf as a platform. — Tim Finchem

There is one pressing need, we think, to help us compete, and that is the need to define our season, .. That relates to, first of all, creating a real season, which would include a year-long competition and a dramatic finish to that competition. — Tim Finchem

To be a former PGA Tour player typically means you're about 75 years old. They just don't stop. — Tim Finchem

We like the fact people who watch the telecasts get excited about something they see. — Tim Finchem

An organization needs to be constantly refreshed. — Tim Finchem

You want to grow. To compete effectively - - even if you weren't going to grow, just to maintain your position - - you look at who you're competing with. And everyone you're competing with is changing to get better, sometimes dramatically. — Tim Finchem

If I was going to go to college, I had to have a scholarship. By my sophomore year, it was evident golf was not going to be the path. — Tim Finchem

Never short of guns and guerrillas, Afghanistan has proven fertile ground for a host of insurgent groups in addition to the Taliban. — Anand Gopal

The more you notice the love, the miracles and the beauty around you, the more love comes into your life. — Betty Eadie

I'm not getting into a public debate with Jack Nicklaus. — Tim Finchem

But, I was lead to believe that loneliness was only a minor fracture of why I wanted to be his. — Valerie King

I'd actually argue forging a company is far more harder than forging a product — Keith Rabois

I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think it's everything and if you don't do well, your life's over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present. — Hugh Jackman

Good television people have a sense of what television people relate to. — Tim Finchem