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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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Jeremy Lin
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 23
Basketball Player
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Jeremy Shu-How Lin
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I'm not playing to prove anything to anybody.
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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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