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Jeremy Lin Biography

Jeremy Shu-How Lin (born August 23, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks in 2012, which generated a global craze known as "Linsanity".

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If you look back at my story, it doesn’t matter where you look, but God’s fingerprints are all over the place.

Fingerprints, Gods, Looks, Matter, Place, Stories

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

Heart, Play, Trying, Emotion, Court

Having small group once a week gives me a lot of encouragement and accountability. Even though I go to church, I don't really know many people there, but my real community is my small group.

Church, Encouragement, Gives, People, Real, Small

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.

Benefit, Ethnicity, Hurt, Nba, Regardless

I love eating junk food. I'm a huge snacker, chips and candy.

Chips, Eating, Huge, Junk, Love

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 inspiring to me about him.

Impact, Impacts, Inspiration, Inspiring, Thinking, Way

Just because I had a good game doesn't change who I am, my identity is in Christ and not in basketball, I love playing basketball and it's my job but at the same time I recognize that I'm a sinner and that's not gonna change regardless of how well I play on the court

Basketball, Christ, Jobs, Play, Same, Who I Am

I've learned how to be open and bold about my faith, but in terms of my influence, I just try to lead in a godly way. What that means for me is to serve them, whether it's just doing the dirty work, like cleaning up sweat on the floor, or deferring to other people, or carrying equipment bags.

Cleaning, Dirty, Faith, Godly, Mean

Every day in practice I have to lead by example. But at the same time, when people aren't doing what they're supposed to be doing, you're responsible as a player. You can't rely on the coaches to say everything. The players have to be responsible and take ownership of the team. Every day in practice there are situations where you need to say something and get a message across, but do it in the right way.

Example, Player, Practice, Same, Team, Way

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.

Down, Giving Up, Knocked, Knocked Down, Like, Trying

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.

Basketball, Become, Body, Genetically, Player

Trying to make the NBA is one of the very few areas where a Harvard degree won't necessarily help.

Degrees, Help, Make, Nba, Trying

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 Christian community is supposed to look like and what fellowship is supposed to look like.

Answers, Christian, School, See, Stories, Sunday

My family used to call me an oversized kid and I think that's pretty accurate in some ways.

Accurate, Call, Kids, Thinking, Way, Ways

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.

Basketball, Inspirational, Play, Pressure, Terms, Thinking

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

Fan, Fans, Game, Games, Growing Up, Michael

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.

Doe, Like, Mean, People, Saying

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.

Blessing, Earth, Journey, One Day At A Time

I think one of the most rewarding experiences in life is to see people come to Christ and make lifestyle changes. When that happens, you definitely see God behind it. This year we've seen eight students make first-time decisions for Christ and when I see that, it's a great feeling. I'm really thankful that God is changing somebody, or sometimes he's changing me.

Eight, God, Life, Rewarding, Thinking, Years

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.

Athletic, Fighting, Know, Obviously, People, Saying

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