Play-Doh Creation

My Play-Doh creation is Jeremy Lin’s jersey.  Jeremy Lin has been an underdog his entire life. After being named to the first-team all state and winning a state division 2 title, he wasn’t heavily recruited out of high school. Lin had a very successful college career in sports and academics. After posting amazing statistics throughout his college basketball career at Harvard, he was not selected by a single team in the draft. He was eventually signed by the warriors but received little to no playing time. He was constantly brought on and waived by numerous teams before he landed a spot on the New York Knicks. The Knicks considered releasing Jeremy Lin before his contract became guaranteed on February 10th. To Lin, it had seemed all too familiar. When he finally got the opportunity to play on February 4th, he made the most of it and stunned the whole world. Playing against the Brooklyn Nets and an All-Star guard in Deron Williams, Lin posted 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Jeremy Lin started for the Knicks the next game and continued to post great numbers until the end of the season. Jeremy Lin’s underdog story really shows how you can achieve anything if you put your mind to it. He spent countless hours during the offseason perfecting his game day in and day out until he finally succeeded. He was able to overcome all odds despite the many failures he had experienced during his career. I love this story and use it as motivation in my every day life and for the moments I want to give up on something. I look back and learn to accept the failures and to conquer them.

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