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Jonathan White

A week after a video of him emotionally discussing his struggles with free agency went viral, Jeremy Lin has defended his actions in Shanghai.
According to a report by Diamond Leung in The Athletic sports website, Lin brought up the tearful video during his hour-long talk with the Harvard Business School community during the Shanghai stop of his Asia tour.
“I think showing weakness is one of the greatest signs of strength,” Lin said.
“Ironically, to be able to be OK with your weakness is one of the strongest things you could do. Who doesn’t have weaknesses? We all do. But to show them is one of the strongest things you can do.”

Once you think of Jeremy Lin like an actual NBA player, and not NBA China’s GoFundMe, you realize why the money he’s made cannot buy him happiness pic.twitter.com/dO2iYzF2H1
— Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) July 29, 2019

Lin was captured crying as he discussed the struggles of being without an NBA team on Taiwanese Christian television channel Good TV last week.
He described his current period of free agency as “rock bottom” and said he felt the NBA had given up on him.

“Free agency has been tough because I feel like, in some ways, the NBA has given up on me.”

Jeremy Lin opened about the challenges he's been facing. ️

(: Facebook/GOOD TV 好消息電視台) pic.twitter.com/hIdNrrUxQH
— theScore (@theScore) July 28, 2019

The 30-year-old is without a team just weeks after winning his first NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors.
“And I just feel like I know why I’m doing that. If I rubbed people the wrong way, I’m sorry. But at the end of the day, I know what I’ve been through.
“I know the obstacles that I’ve been through and I also know what kind of player I can become, and I know I haven’t done that. And so that’s what I’m going to continue to do is chase that and try to be the best version of myself.”




“I knew going on stage, I knew I was going to break down, you know?” the former New York Knicks guard said.
“I knew that was part of it, and I was willing to do it because I was like, hey, this is part of a message or something that I want to push. It’s like, we’re human. We’re not perfect. We struggle. We chase our dreams. We often fail. But through it all, God is still sovereign and great.
“So many of my worst situations have turned into the best things for me. So knowing that there’s purpose and peace and the midst of your hardships makes it so that when I am in the midst of a valley like I am right know where I don’t see the fruits of my labour … I don’t see anything paying off, I still know I can keep plugging away and there’s a reason why this is happening.”
NBA champion Jeremy Lin at ‘rock bottom’ and he deserves sympathy regardless of past success
“Man, try. Fail. It’s OK,” Lin said. “Get back on your feet. Fail again. It’s OK. This is life.”
Speculation continues over Lin’s next move, with recent rumours suggesting he may return to the Golden State Warriors, his first NBA team. Russian side CSKA Moscow were linked with a move but that appears to be off.


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Former Toronto Raptors guard speaks to Harvard Business School on Shanghai leg of his Asia tour
‘Showing weakness is one of the greatest signs of strength’, says 30-year-old



Former Toronto Raptors guard speaks to Harvard Business School on Shanghai leg of his Asia tour


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Former Toronto Raptors guard speaks to Harvard Business School on Shanghai leg of his Asia tour

‘Showing weakness is one of the greatest signs of strength’, says 30-year-old