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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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Jeremy Lin
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 23
Basketball Player
LA
California
Jeremy Shu-How Lin
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Nba
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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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My family used to call me an oversized kid and I think that's pretty accurate in some ways.
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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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Just this whole journey [of life] has been a blessing from God, so for me to be here [on Earth] I'm just taking it one day at a time and really enjoying it.
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I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.
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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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With pro-gaming that's one of the toughest parts - living game to game.
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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 very humbled and honored. I'm very thankful to the Asian-American Community for all their support!
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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 just want people to respect the privacy of my relatives in Taiwan. ... They need to live their lives as well.
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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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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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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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This is my dream being lived out and I'm so thankful for that.
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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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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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I love eating junk food. I'm a huge snacker, chips and candy.
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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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