wait to read more by this author! This is a great book for people who like sports and basketball, Jeremy Lin remembers as a kid watching his playing basketball on TV with his dad, One day at school, the basketball coach asked him if he ever considered playing basketball, Once he started playing, he won an award for Northern California Player of the Year, He also helped lead his team to the state championship, Jeremy also talks about his faith for Christianity and how he never gave up on his dreams, This book is instradinary. It shows how hard work pays off, It shows that anybody can do anything, In the book it talks about how Lin got cut from multiple teams, He was cut from The Golden State and the Houston Rockets, This book is for everyone, Especially athletes who need a boost, Linspired reveals the inside story of the remarkable and meteoric rise of Jeremy Lin, superstar of the New York Knicks the first AsianAmericanborn player of Chinese/Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA.
Discover the journey of the underdog who beat the odds to reach his current stardom and catch the attention of the sports world with both his incredible basketball skills and his on and offcourt example of faith, persistence, and hard work.
After receiving no athletic scholarship offers out of high school and not being drafted by an NBA
team after graduating from Harvard, Lin signed a deal with his hometown team of the Golden State Warriors.
After only his first year of play he was waived by the Warriors, but he was picked up by the Houston Rockets, Again, he was let go, on Christmas Eve,, In spite of this disappointment, Lin always remained positive and trusted that God had a plan for his life and talents, Soon after, Lin was picked up when the New York Knicks needed a guard, After weeks of sitting on the bench, a teammate's injury placed Lin on the court, and since then he has captivated sports fans throughout the world with his tremendous skill and humble response.
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