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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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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I've learned that social media and our private lives, you know, our private lives are not so private anymore, so it takes a little bit of getting used to.

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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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I was a big Michael Jordan fan growing up. I don't feel my game resembles his though.

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I just really, really, really hate to lose. Really.

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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 agreed to film after my rookie year in Golden State. I was more used to cameras and felt that my journey to the NBA was a story worth sharing. Little did we know how much bigger the platform and documentary would become after Linsanity.

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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 was shocked cause I didn't even know that they made my jersey. I didn't know that they made it so fast, so when I saw it I was like, I had to look three times and I was like, 'Did they customize that?' And then I saw a couple of other ones and I wa...

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People started saying, 'Oh you know, he's quicker than he looks', and I'm like, 'What does that mean? Do I look slow, or I'm not really sure what that means.

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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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I'm going to be honest, playing in D-League games is tough.

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I absolutely would not have liked playing in Spain or somewhere like that, so I was just gonna do it a year. Then I was gonna be done.

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I won't let any of my friends become a fan. To me, you're either a friend or you're a fan. That doesn't mean my friends can't support me, because they all do, but they can't treat me differently than they would treat someone else. None of my friends ...

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I think I've always been a player who's done better in the second half, who's done better in the fourth quarter. That's the fun time to play, when everything you've worked for the whole game boils down to those last few possessions.

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The first time I went to Taiwan, there were cameras, paparazzi, TV stations outside my hotel twenty-four hours a day nonstop.

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Tim Tebow is one of my biggest inspirations. I actually want to be able to do some of the things that he does in terms of the amount of charity work and the non-profit work, and the way he impacts people off the field. I think that is what is most in...

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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