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 Quotes
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.
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| Birth: | 23rd August, 1988 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Basketball Player |
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Jeremy Shu-How Lin was born in Torrance, Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association. He is one of the few Asian Americans in NBA history, and the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the league. He is also known for his public expression of his Christianity. He graduated from Harvard in 2010 with a degree in economics.
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