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I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.

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Jeremy Lin
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 23
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Jeremy Shu-How Lin
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My first dunk ever was in middle school. We were playing, me and my church friends, and I dunked it, and I swear I could not sleep that night.
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I'm not playing to prove anything to anybody.
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The change that I never fall into is the, 'I'm-above-you-look-at-me-do-stuff-for-me change.' The change that I'm hoping I get to is where I become wiser, smarter - where I put myself in situations that don't have a huge potential for disaster.
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I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court.
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Having small group once a week gives me a lot of encouragement and accountability. Even though I go to church, I don't really know many people there, but my real community is my small group.
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Not sure if that will benefit me or hurt me, but I know I have the skills and am ready to play in the NBA regardless of my ethnicity.
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It seems like everybody's perception of me is very bipolar. To one group, it's overpaid, overrated to another group, it's underpaid, underrated, underdog. It's funny to me because there's no real balance.
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All these people, all these things came into my life, and they're all blessings from God. And now that I look back, I realize that these are His fingerprints all over my story.
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I'm very humbled and honored. I'm very thankful to the Asian-American Community for all their support!
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I love eating junk food. I'm a huge snacker, chips and candy.
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I just try to make sure that when I get there on the floor, I play as hard as I can and try to do everything I can to help the team win.
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I was playing garbage minutes the first two to three weeks. There was definitely a little bit of 'what's going on?' in my prayers.
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I love my family, I love my relatives. One special request I have is for the media back in Taiwan to kind of give them their space because they can't even go to work without being bombarded and people following them.
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I just try to play as hard as I can every possession. If you're aware and you're high-energy, the ball will eventually bounce your way and you'll be able to make plays.
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You don't get better if you win all the time. You look at yourself more when you lose.
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And when other people see me play basketball...the way I treat my teammates, the opponents, the refs, that's all a reflection of God's image and God's love so that's the stuff I try to focus on.
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With all the media attention, all the love from the fans, I felt I needed to prove myself. Prove that I'm not a marketing tool, I'm not a ploy to improve attendance. Prove I can play in this league. But I've surrendered that to God. I'm not in a battle with what everybody else thinks anymore.
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This is my dream being lived out and I'm so thankful for that.
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In many ways, the longer I live, I understand that there are so many things outside my control. That’s why I believe faith is such a big part of the story. There are so many things that were orchestrated by God, that were put into place to make this perfect storm, that created Linsanity.
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Tim Tebow is one of my biggest inspirations. I actually want to be able to do some of the things that he does in terms of the amount of charity work and the non-profit work, and the way he impacts people off the field. I think that is what is most inspiring to me about him.
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