30 Jeremy Lin Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jeremy Lin

American Athlete

Born: Aug 23, 1988

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There is so much temptation to hold on to my career even more now. To try to micromanage and dictate every little aspect. But that's not how I want to do things anymore. I'm thinking about how can I trust God more. How can I surrender more? How can I bring him more glory? It's a fight. But it's one I'm going to keep fighting. Jeremy Lin

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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. Jeremy Lin

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

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My best career decision was probably not giving up when I wanted to. God as well as my family and friends were there for me during my toughest times. Jeremy Lin

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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. Jeremy Lin

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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. Jeremy Lin

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My dad was the one who really loved basketball, and he was the one that put the basketball in my hands, and my mom was 'Team Mom' of all my teams. I used to play for three or four teams at once and she would just spend her entire afternoon driving me from practice to practice to practice. Jeremy Lin

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

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

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

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I'm not playing to prove anything to anybody. Jeremy Lin

Prove Anybody Anything Playing

With all the media attention, all the love from the fans, I felt I needed to prove myself. Prove that I'm not a marketing tool, I'm not a ploy to improve attendance. Prove I can play in this league. But I've surrendered that to God. I'm not in a battle with what everybody else thinks anymore. Jeremy Lin

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. Jeremy Lin

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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. Jeremy Lin

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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. Jeremy Lin

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

Hate Lose Just Really

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

People Only Because Court Moved Story

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. Jeremy Lin

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