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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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Jeremy Lin
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 23
Basketball Player
LA
California
Jeremy Shu-How Lin
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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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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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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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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 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'm not playing to prove anything to anybody.
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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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I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.
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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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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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I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills.
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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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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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This is my dream being lived out and I'm so thankful for that.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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