These days, many Chinese people are proud of a basketball player named Jeremy Shu-How Lin. I think the reasons for the success of Lin can be concluded into two aspects.
Firstly, Lin has a great talent for playing basketball. There is no denying that the talent plays a pivotal role in individual career, especially in the sporting territory. This point can be accurately illustrated with the example of Michael Jordan, a great or even the best basketball player on this planet; when he was a boy, the height of his bounce was even twice times than his peer’s; in addition, his body could efficiently converted food into muscle while others may almost convert their food into cholesterol. Thus, when fans called Jordan “the god of basketball”, it was not only a compliment for his great effort, but also his unique physical quality. Although in many ways, it seems to be meaningless to make a comparison between Lin and Jordan, they all have an essential gift for playing basketball. This gift, indeed, helps Lin to be successful.
Then, the second factor is his effort. As a typical Chinese American, he has neither a robust body nor amazing bounce ability; however, he has a brave heart, which timely gives him motivation when he fails and never let him give up. Although graduating from Harvard, the best university in the world, he was a failure in the NBA before he joined the New York Knicks; actually, he was ever fired by three teams and even seldom got a chance to play in the pitch; in spite of this, he never gave in to the fate. I think his success is not a coincidence; on the contrary, he deserved this glory, since hard work should pay off.
I think we should learn from Lin. Whatever we do, we should spare no effort to accomplish it, no matter how difficult it is. We also should keep a balance between sports and study. For instance, Lin distributed a great deal of time playing basketball, but he did not jeopardize his study, as he nearly got a full mark in the SAT. Perhaps this is the reason why Harvard decided to admit him. Of course we should not indiscriminately worship Lin, but I think Lin’s experience can give us a lot of enlightenment.
Do you think so?
yes, i think so.
ReplyDeleteLin's success inspires both Chinese and American in their passion for basketball. behind the cheers, he was followed by extremely excising and huge pressure. we should learn from his big heart which can burden all and his sprint that we should never give up. i think if we do not leave success, our success will never leave us!
Yes I agree Jeremy is one to emulate. Everyone seems to be so excited about him. Even though I`m not a basketball fan, I have followed closely his rise to celebrity status. And because he is Chinese-American, he has caught the attention of the whole world.
ReplyDeleteWe need first to recognise our talent and pursue it; at the same time we need to have good time management so that we can also manage other tasks well.
Yes. I also think that Lin deserves praise and appreciation for his hardworking on improving his basketball skill. Compared to the gift, acquired efforts play a more important in achieving one's success, as I consider. I have known a story about how a talented child became a common adult resulting from quitting learning and that is really a pity. We can have our talents for good, provided that we keep preserving them by continuously studying.
ReplyDeleteWell, actually, I don’t watch basketball games and I’m afraid I don’t know much about Jeremy Shu-How Lin, either. Therefore, I couldn’t say much about this man. However, as for this blog, I think I agree with you on the two reasons for success. Talent and effort are the two essential things for success. Talent is important, and in my opinion, effort is even more necessary. Not every successful person has talent, but all of them make every effort to achieve their goals. So I think I agree with you on that. (^_^)
ReplyDeleteI like your blog as i like Lin. I agree with you on the factors you brought out about how could Lin become successful. In my opinion, what made Lin such a famous player is that his outstanding performance in NBA and his excellent acdamic background——he is a very good student in Harvard. Behind these two are the key to the succese, as you mentioned, they are talents and efforts. Each of them are necessary for a person to make a great success, and i think what we should do is to know our talents and spare no effort to make progress.
ReplyDeleteI really agree with you! In fact I cannot agree with you more.Although there are more and more negative news about him in the Internet, we have to say he is succeed.Especially"Whatever we do, we should spare no effort to accomplish it, no matter how difficult it is." What a good advice! Maybe what I need is just like what you said that keep going and balance study and sports.
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