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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.

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Fighting, Thinking, Careers

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

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Brother, Games, Play

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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.

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Blessing, Journey, One Day At A Time

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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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Fighting, People, Athletic

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The way you talk to your teammates and push them and the way you treat them is important. There is a fine line between trying to help your teammates and criticizing them. The toughest part for me is how to keep my teammates accountable but at the same time do it in a loving way that doesnt judge or condemn them. It's definitely been a struggle and I'm trying to learn how to lead consciously in a way that honors God.

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Struggle, Judging, Honor

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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.

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Believe, Perfect, Storm

"The Legacy of Linsanity: A Conversation With Jeremy Lin". Interview with Chuck Leung, www.slate.com. October 2, 2013.

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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.

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Giving Up, Careers, Decision

"Jeremy Lin: The ‘Linsanity’ Interview". Interview With Kam Williams, www.eurweb.com. October 29, 2013.

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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.

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Christian, School, Sunday

"Interview: Jeremy Lin on Embracing 'Linsanity' Spotlight, Where God Wants Him to Be". Interview with Alex Murashko, www.christianpost.com. October 2, 2013.

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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.

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Encouragement, Real, People

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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

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Basketball, Jobs, Who I Am

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You don't get respect for being an Asian-American basketball player in the U.S.

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Basketball, Player, Asian

"Asian Americans remain rare in men's college basketball" by Bryan Chu, www.sfgate.com. December 16, 2008.

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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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College, Asian, Stereotype

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It's really important to me to go to church, which is sometimes tough when I get back from road trips late on Saturday night, but I try to make it a priority to go every week.

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Night, Priorities, Important

"Jeremy Lin: Taking Harvard basketball to new levels". StudentSoul Interview, studentsoul.intervarsity.org.

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I just try to make sure that when I get there on the floor, I play as hard as I can and try to do everything I can to help the team win.

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Team, Winning, Play

"Jeremy Lin scores 38 in Knicks' win over Lakers". www.sfgate.com. February 11, 2012.

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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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Kids, Degrees, Ministry

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You can try to call it coincidence, but at the end of the day, there are 20, 30 things when you combine them all that had to happen at the right time in order for me to be here. That’s why I call it a miracle.

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Order, Miracle, The End Of The Day

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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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Style, Trying, Reckless

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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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Growing Up, Games, Fans

Interview With Eric Guilleminault, www.nbadraft.net. June 16, 2010.

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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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Play, Trying, Energy

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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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Media, Littles, I've Learned

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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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Cameras, Twenties, Taiwan

"Rocket Man" by Will Leitch, www.gq.com. October 16, 2012.

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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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Basketball, Talking, Attention

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Faith, family, academics and then sports was the order of priorities in my family. My parents really stuck to these principles when raising me and my two brothers. As long as we took care of everything, they let us play as much basketball as we wanted.

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Basketball, Sports, Brother

"Jeremy Lin: The “Linsanity” interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.insightnews.com.

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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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School, Sleep, Night

"True or false with Lin and Harden". Interview with Pablo S. Torre, www.espn.com. November 28, 2012.

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

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Kids, Thinking, Way

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Born: August 23, 1988
Occupation: Basketball player
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