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My family used to call me an oversized kid and I think that's pretty accurate in some ways.

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Jeremy Lin
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 23
Basketball Player
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Jeremy Shu-How Lin
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It's the off-the-court spotlight in terms of having people look at you in terms of analyzing every little thing you do in your life, or having less privacy in your day-to-day activities, that's an area I need to get more accustomed to.
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Coming out of college into the draft, being Asian-American and being from Harvard, that's not going to be an advantage because of stereotypes.
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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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I just think in order for someone to understand my game, they have to watch me more than once, because I'm not going to do anything that's extra flashy or freakishly athletic.
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I love eating junk food. I'm a huge snacker, chips and candy.
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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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I'm a playmaker. I'm always attacking the rim and have somewhat of a reckless style. I try to be everywhere at once.
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This is my dream being lived out and I'm so thankful for that.
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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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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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I just want people to respect the privacy of my relatives in Taiwan. ... They need to live their lives as well.
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For me, when I get knocked down, I really try to get back up and go at it again. I don't like to give up.
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I realize I had to learn ... to stop chasing the perishable prizes of this earth ... and give my best effort unto God and trust Him with the results.
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Sometimes you come up against a mountain and you end up making the mountain seem bigger than God.
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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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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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And people are always saying he deceptively quick, deceptively athletic, and I don't know if that's just because I'm Asian or what it is, but obviously there's going to be stereotypes that you have to fight.
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From the sense of being an ambassador for Jesus Christ, hopefully, through my story and through all the improbables and the miracles that happened in my life, people are inspired or at least a little bit warmer to the idea of exploring who Jesus is.
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I'm not like the next Michael Jordan, but I'm also not what everyone saw me as before I started playing in the NBA, either.
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You don't get respect for being an Asian-American basketball player in the U.S.
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