Linsanity

This article has nothing to do with web technology. It is only a summary of what I read in a latest article about Jeremy Lin from Forbes. The original article is here

Jeremy Lin is an Asian-American, whose parents came from Taiwan. He was born in California and being educated in the USA all his life. His latest performance in NBA arouses a huge attention recently. Watching those video clips, I could not believe my eyes at all. It has been rooted in my heart that Asians is no way compatible with African-American or other America basketball players because of physical conditions. He is really an outlier but he is still shorter compared to other basketball players. To express my admiration for his outstanding basketball skills, and to remind me some of the most important things when odds are not in our side, I take notes from this Forbes article. Though success can not be replicated, but his story still can give us some hints about success.

1. "You've got to believe in yourself, even when no one else does"
2. "You never know when opportunities are going to arise in life. Often, they're when you least expect them"
3. "Before that (got his contract guaranteed by the Knicks), he could have been cut at any time"
4. "You've got to do your best to understand what your strengths are and then ensure that you're in a system( a job or organization or industry) that is a good fit for those strengths"
5. "We put people around us in boxes.....Do you know what your people (or even yourself) is really capable of?"
6. "...you find what your're good at and do it". "Always be a first-rate version of yourself. Instead of a second-rate version of somebody else"
7. "Stay humble"
8. "When you make others around you look good, they will love you forever. ...They (the Knicks players) are all working harder to share the ball with others. And it's beautiful to watch".
9. "Never forget about the importance of luck or fate in life."
10 ."There are not short cuts to hard work. Success is a by product of that. ....You can only control what you control".

All these words are extracted from the article "Just Lin, Baby! 10 Lessons Jeremy Lin can teach us......."