Linsanity Page #5

Jeremy Lin was

the best player here,

But yet colleges

weren't clamoring for him.

He just didn't fit the mold.

Jeremy:

After my senior year,

I was just dying to play

in college,

And I felt

like I deserved it.

I remember it was

just a very long process,

Very frustrating,

because I was going

From Pac 10 school

to Pac 10 school.

I couldn't even get

Some division iii schools

to look at me.

And I was dying

to go to Stanford.

Um, I would go there

and play with them all the time.

I would always ask their coach,

you know,

"what can I do

to play for you?"

Yeah, I've always said,

if I was black,

I would have gotten

a d-1 scholarship,

But that's

my personal opinion.

Diepenbrock:

Well, he's an asian kid.

He's an asian kid,

and he's not 7-foot tall.

And you don't see

a lot of asian point guards

Making it

in division I basketball.

Such a simple kind of thought,

but that was the thinking.

Josh fan:
I say...

I say he's relatable.

He's one of the most

down-to-earth guys I know.

We're always joking around.

We're always, you know,

pranking on each other.

Jeremy:
Um, did you see

the blue accented stuff?

Fan:
I did see it.

You like that blue?

Yeah. I really

like that blue,

'cause when I walk in,

I don't want it to be

like black, white, black.

I want people

to be like, "dang. "

Oh, shoot, son.

Different walls

need different accents.

These are clearance.

[ laughing ]

Yeah, dang, look at that.

Look at this. 10 bucks.

I think when people

hang out with him,

They just realize

he's just...

You know, he's human.

Sounds good. All right,

see you later, bro.

Despite being named

player of the year

And winning

a state championship,

Jeremy's only offer

To play basketball

on the collegiate level

Was from a small university

Called Harvard.

Jeremy:

My first day at class,

I was

just super-intimidated.

I went and took

my math placement test,

And they were like, "if you

don't know how to do this,

Feel free to turn it in

and leave. "

I looked at it

and I was, like,

"dude, I don't know

what's going on here. "

So I turned it in,

and I was,

Like, maybe the second person

who turned it in.

I was like,

"man, I just, like,

Failed my first test

at Harvard. "

The next day, we had

the chinese placement test,

And they gave us the test,

and they're like,

"if you can't read it,

just turn it in. "

I couldn't read it,

so I turned it in again,

And that was

back-to-back failed tests

Without even

filling in an answer.

I called my mom,

I was like, "man,

This is gonna be pretty tough,

so just get ready. "

[ laughs ]

Pablo Torre:
In a lot of ways,

Jeremy Lin going to Harvard

Was a very logical thing.

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