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title: Jeremy Lin’s Battle Against Pre-Game Anxiety
created: 2026-10-19
modified: 2026-10-19
authors: Jeremy Lin
category: YouTube Video
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> [1:04](https://youtu.be/3-mQO4c80B0?t=1m4s) If you struggle with anxiety, you are definitely not alone.

> [14:21](https://youtu.be/3-mQO4c80B0?t=14m21s) Anxiety doesn’t define you.

> [20:07](https://youtu.be/3-mQO4c80B0?t=20m7s) Sometimes your anxiety won’t go away, but that’s okay.

> [21:41](https://youtu.be/3-mQO4c80B0?t=21m41s) If I’m a boat out at sea, I would love to never experience any winds or waves, and just be smooth sailing. But I think, in my life and your life, that’s **never going to be the case**. Anxiety is one of those waves were gonna come and rock the boat. […] So it’s not always where it’s like ‘Oh, I must remove it all.’ It’s **learning how to manage it (and live with it)**. But it’s really how do I lean into my faith, how do I lean into the exercises, breathing, and different affirmations that I believe in, so that I’m anchored to the ground, even as these winds and waves come. **There’s going to be some rocking and disruption, but I’m still anchored to the ground, and that’s going to keep me there standing tall.** [^1]

[^1]: _“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt_