MAG Fab: Jeremy Lin Swoons On ‘GQ’ Cover; Talks Wanting To Remain In New York…
Former New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin strikes a pose in a grey Calvin Klein suit and Nike sneakers for the November 2012 cover of GQ magazine.
From wanting to play with the New York Knicks for his entire career to being Asian-American, the NBA player is telling his story to the world.
Peep excerpts of Jeremy’s interview below:
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On his future: “People are always saying, ‘He’s only started twenty-five games, there’s so many uncertainties.’ And I agree. I totally agree. I don’t know how my next season’s going to turn out. The things that I struggled with before last year, I’m going to struggle with next year—there’s that learning process. Just because you have x amount of good games doesn’t mean that you have drastically improved as a player. It just means that what you could do is finally being shown. But I have to get better.”
On being Asian-American: “If I can be honest, yes. It’s not even close to the only reason, but it was definitely part of the reason. There’s a lot of perceptions and stereotypes of Asian-Americans that are out there today, and the fact that I’m Asian-American makes it harder to believe, even crazier, more unexpected. I’m going to have to play well for a longer period of time for certain people to believe it, because I’m Asian. And that’s just the reality of it.”
On being a New York Knick: “You can’t ask for a city or a fan base to embrace somebody more than they embraced me. I know it’s kind of silly to talk about it with only two years under my belt in the league, but going in before free agency, I was like, ‘I want to play in front of these fans for the rest of my career.’ I really did. I really wanted to play in front of the Madison Square Garden fans for the rest of my career, because they’re just unbelievable.”
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Photo Credit: Paola Kudacki
