It bothered me a lot. I was really, really bothered by it. I grew up around Asian culture. I'm just an athlete. I was trying to finish the race. A lot of it was built up by certain people (whom he declined to identify) using me. I have a lot of friends in Korea who have nothing against me at all.

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