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I'M JAKE TAPPER OUTSIDE THE
CAPITOL.
IN OUR SPORTS LEAD, A NEW
DOCUMENTARY IN THEATERS TODAY
EXPLORES THE RISE OF NBA PLAYER
JEREMY LIN, WHOSE SCORING FRENZY
WITH THE NEW YORK KNICKS
LAUNCHED THE 2012 PHENOMENON
KNOWN AS LINSANITY.
>> NOBODY THOUGHT HE COULD PLAY.
>> SLEEPING ON A TEAMMATE'S
COUCH, JEREMY LIN CAME FROM
NOTHING TO GREATNESS.
>> LINSANITY TAKES NEW YORK BY
STORM.
>> EARLIER, I SPOKE TO JEREMY
LIN ABOUT THE FILM AND LEAVING
ALL THAT LINSANITY BEHIND.
JEREMY LIN, THANKS FOR JOINING
US.
SO THIS DOCUMENTARY STARTED
BEFORE THERE EVEN WAS THIS THING
CALLED LINSANITY.
IT STARTED WHEN YOU WERE STILL
AT HARVARD.
HOW DID IT COME ABOUT?
>> A GROUP OF GUYS APPROACHED ME
AND ASKED IF I WOULD BE WILLING
TO LET THEM FILM A DOCUMENTARY.
I SAID NO FOR AWHILE, THEN
EVENTUALLY, I KIND OF WARMED UP
TO THE IDEA AND SO WE STARTED
FILMING AND I ORIGINALLY WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO BE A DOCUMENTARY, IT
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SHORT WEB
SERIES, THEN AFTER LINSANITY AND
EVERYTHING, IT TURNED INTO A
BIGGER PRODUCTION.
>> THEY WERE THERE AND REALLY
CAPTURED THE SOMEWHAT ROCKY
START TO YOUR NBA CAREER,
ALTHOUGH OF COURSE, THERE WAS --
THERE WERE NICER MOMENTS LATER
ON.
ONE OF THE FILM MAKERS SAID THEY
THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO
CAPTURE AN UNDRAMATIC END TO
YOUR NBA CAREER.
WERE THERE MOMENTS WHEN YOU
FEARED THE SAME THING?
>> OH, THERE WERE SO MANY
MOMENTS WHEN I FEARED THE SAME
THING.
I THOUGHT FOR SURE, YOU KNOW, MY
TIME WAS COMING TO AN END AS A
BASKETBALL PLAYER IN THE NBA.
YOU KNOW, LITTLE DID I KNOW WHAT
WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN.
I'M JUST GLAD THAT WE HAD A CREW
THERE TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE IT
ALL AND NOW I KIND OF HAVE THIS
COOL LITTLE PIECE THAT I'LL BE
ABLE TO LOOK BACK ON AND JUST
REMEMBER THE WAY EVERYTHING
HAPPENED.
>> HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH ALL THE
ATTENTION YOU RECEIVED?
YOU DON'T SEEM ALWAYS INCREDIBLY
COMFORTABLE WITH IT LIKE SOME OF
YOUR OTHER FELLOW NBAers WHO
SEEM TO RELISH IT.
>> YEAH, DEFINITELY TOOK A
LITTLE GETTING USED TO.
AT FIRST IT WAS REALLY SCARY AND
I KIND OF TRIED TO RUN FROM IT,
BUT I THINK OVER TIME, I HAVE
BECOME A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE
WITH IT.
I HAVE LEARNED TO EMBRACE IT AND
LEARNED TO USE IT IN THE WAY
THAT I THINK IT SHOULD BE USED
OR IN THE WAY THAT I WANT IT TO
BE USED.
SO WHETHER IT'S SHARING MY
FAITH, SHARING MY STORY, SHARING
MY VALUES, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT
THINGS, I THINK I HAVE SUCH A
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO
DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> THE AVERAGE NBA PLAYER LASTS
FIVE YEARS.
YOU ARE STARTING YEAR FOUR NOW.
HOW MUCH LONGER CAN YOU AND
LINSANITY CONTINUE?
>> I'M NOT SURE AND TO BE
HONEST, I'M NOT SO CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT ANYMORE.
I THINK IF I WERE TO DRAW IT UP,
BY THE TIME MY CAREER IS DONE,
LINSANITY WOULD BE MORE OF AN
AFTERTHOUGHT.
HOPEFULLY THERE WOULD BE A LOT
MORE OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
BETWEEN LINSANITY AND THE END OF
MY CAREER THAT PEOPLE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT OR THAT I CAN BE
REMEMBERED BY IN TERMS OF