Quotes by Jeremy Lin

About Jeremy Lin:

Jeremy Shu-How Lin is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks in 2012, which generated a global following known as "Linsanity."
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Everyone looks me and says, 'I'm not going to let that Asian kid embarrass me. I'm going to go at him.' That's how it's been my whole life.

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I've always been a target. Everyone looks me and says, 'I'm not going to let that Asian kid embarrass me. I'm going to go at him.' That's how it's been my whole life.

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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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I'm not playing for other people; if I start thinking in those terms I would put too much pressure on myself. I play basketball because that is what I love to do.

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I grew up in the church, and I always kind of knew Bible stories and knew the Sunday school answers, but when I was a freshman in high school I joined youth group, and that's when I started to see radical love; that's when I started to see what Chris...

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

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I'm not playing to prove anything to anybody.

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I would be a pastor. It is something I think about doing when my playing days are over.

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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 have worked out with the Thunder, Lakers, Knicks, Grizzlies, Spurs, and a few others before the draft. I have worked out primarily against shorter and supposedly faster players in these workouts.

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I struggle with pride every day, but the one thing that I try to remind myself everyday is that I'm still a sinner no matter how many points/assists/win I get on the court.

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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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You have to be wired a certain way to be a professional basketball player, and the way my body grew, something happened genetically that allowed me to become a lot more explosive.

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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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People are moved by my story, but they're only moved by my story because of what I do on the court.

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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'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 have an economics degree with a minor in sociology. The reason I have that is because I want to do a ministry in urban areas and help with underprivileged kids.

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When I'm on the court, I try to play with all my emotion and heart.

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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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If I had a day to myself I would just play video games with my brothers.

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Author Bio

  • NameJeremy Lin
  • DescriptionAmerican professional basketball player
  • AliasesJeremy Shu-How Lin
  • BornAugust 23, 1988
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSportsperson; Basketball Player