Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Shu-How Lin is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association. He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks in 2012, which generated a global following known as "Linsanity"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 August 1988
CityTorrance, CA
CountryUnited States of America
giving-up trying knocked-down
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.
dream play best-effort
I had to learn how to give my best effort to God and trust him with the results. I have to learn to have enough faith to trust in his grace and to trust in his sovereign and perfect plan. I had to submit my will, my desires, my dreams — give it all up to God and say, “Look, I am going to give my best effort, go on the court and play every day for you, and I'm going to let you take care of the rest.
role-models community roles
I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.
expectations wells mines
Well, I'm not here to live up to anyone else's expectations-I'm here to live up to mine.
winning get-better looks
You don't get better if you win all the time. You look at yourself more when you lose,
basketball reflection play
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.
basketball identity christ
My identity is in Christ, not in basketball.
blessing people looks
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.
inspirational-basketball mountain sometimes
Sometimes you come up against a mountain and you end up making the mountain seem bigger than God.
best fall job supposed
I try to focus on what I'm supposed to do, and to do my job the best I can. I kind of let everything happen the way it's supposed to happen, let everything fall into place the way it should.
real perception bipolar
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.
thinking battle
I've surrendered that to God. I'm not in a battle with what everybody else thinks anymore,
thinking would-be pastor
I would be a pastor. It is something I think about doing when my playing days are over.
thinking order games
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.