[on what he thinks of Kobe Bryant as a teammate] he always treated me well. He sent me a lot of text messages, he would watch film, he would talk to me about film, he'd talk to me about plays. And then, when he got hurt, we didn't get to see him around as much. Show less «

[If he still encounters racism in the NBA] There's gonna be racism everywhere I go, and some of it's more subtle, some of it is less malicious. I mean, every day there's guys with certain stereotypes or whatever, and it's not just me. But yeah, I still go through it. Show less «

[on a possible second "Linsanity" era, during his time with The Nets]This isn't the re-creation of "Linsanity", this is, for me, just the next chapter. That's all I'm going to focus on. If people want to call it whatever they want to call it, they can go ahead and do that, but I've kind of set out to see how good I can become and see how good I can make this team. Show less «

[on why his been switching from team to team] I haven't been able to find a situation that I feel like is perfect for me. And because I've been in situations I didn't want to be in, I've created and negotiated in terms of free agency a lot of shorter deals that give me the flexibility to leave if I'm not happy with the way things are going. Show less «

[What motivates him now] I want to be a great player, I want to see how great I can be one on the court, and I also want to do big things off the court too and I know that getting to that platform comes from basketball. Show less «

[on how he felt when the Knicks didn't renew his contract]I was really, really sad. I was sad when I saw the way everything went down, because nothing happened the way I thought it was going to. I wished that they had offered me a contract just in the beginning, and that didn't even happen, and then, when I found out that they weren't gonna match Houston's offer, I was even more sad, because honestly, I wanted to finish my career in New York. Show less «

[The difference between being Jeremy Lin today than four years ago]It's definitely less hectic. I would say my quality of life is much better because I take life a lot slower, I take some things less seriously, and I just really try to enjoy each day. Show less «

[Asked: Maybe you can make some Asian-American Knicks fans and make them Nets fans. Is that possible?] That’s possible, and it’s possible for me to make non-Asian-American Knicks fans Nets fans, but that’s not my goal. I’m not here to steal fans or whatever. I’m not even that concerned about it. I just want to play, I want to be happy playing, I want to play for God, I want to play the right way. Show less «

[His three favorite Linsanity memories:No. 1 was the 3-pointer against the Lakers in the corner in the fourth quarter. No. 2 had to have been the game-winner against the Raptors, and No. 3 had to be the breakout game against the Nets, that first game where I had a big-time career high, and after that game, they couldn't cut me. Show less «

[on what kind of stereotypes he still encounters]I feel like when people say I can't play defense or something like that, if you look at the numbers, and can you look at things I've been able to do, so people just assume I'm not that quick or I can't jump that high or whatever. I've been top one or two in blocks per minute at the point guard position for the last two or three seasons. People don't see me as a great shot-blocking guard partially because they look at me, and they think there's no way he could be such a great shot blocking guard. Just a lot of the old stereotypes, like I can't go left," or, he turns the ball over. I feel like a lot of times when I see what's going on, I feel like people are just trying to describe what they remember from me as a player four years ago. A lot of the small tricks, or things that people might not see or be able to quantify in a stat, I feel like I'm able to do more and to be better in. Show less «

[Why he wanted to stay with the Knicks]I wanted to play for those fans who rallied behind me in that city, that were behind us and gave me that experience. I felt like I owed it to them. Show less «

[If he still considers himself an underdog] In some ways. I still think people view me as a certain type of player, or there's a lot of certain stereotypes me as a player that I think don't give me the credit I feel like I deserve. Show less «