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Jeremy Lin says faith kept NBA dream alive, launches US$200,000 charity grants in quarantine
- Santa Cruz Warriors star signing keeping busy in quarantine ahead of G League season bubble in Orlando
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New NBA G League signing Jeremy Lin has begun his quarantine in Santa Cruz ahead of the new season with the Warriors and the “Linsanity” star is keeping himself busy as he isolates.
The 32-year-old revealed how his Christian faith has helped him press on with his dream of returning to the NBA, while also announcing US$200,000 in grants for local Bay Area initiatives for Asian-American and Pacific Islander youth from his charitable foundation.
Lin spoke to Taiwanese Christian television channel GOOD TV, where he broadcasts his annual sharing on his faith, to tell them how it helped him press on with his dream of returning to the NBA after a year with the Beijing Ducks in the Chinese Basketball Association.
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“So many times I almost wanted to give up on this dream and I just felt like God gave me strength when I didn’t have it. I’m not trying to sound churchy or anything, it’s true,” Lin said in a video shared on YouTube on Friday.
“When I was really weak and I was ready to give up, God exposed different fears in me and made me confront them and he gave me the strength to keep going even though I was not ready to make that choice.”
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