As a high-flying wing, he distinguished himself with his flamboyant and often dangerous forays to the basket, punctuated by acrobatic shots, hang-time moves, or slam dunks.

[1] Lim was a five-time All-Star and two-time PBA Mythical Team selection, but he did not win a Most Valuable Player award because he did not complete a full season due to the multiple injuries he sustained on the court.

[2] Lim was discovered at 15-years old while playing on the courts of Phil-Am Life Homes in Quezon City by former basketball player, Jun Celis.

[4] After high school in San Beda, Samboy spent a year's residence at Letran before finally seeing action in the NCAA in 1982.

[4] Samboy was all set to join the NCC squad of coach Ron Jacobs even before the start of the 1984 NCAA tournament but he begged for a grace period so he could play in the collegiate league.

He readily marched off to the Ron Jacobs camp the following year and as a rookie of the Northern Consolidated squad, the guest amateur quintet in the PBA.

[6] In September 1986, Lim was included in the line-up of the comebacking San Miguel Beer in the Philippine Basketball Association, which the team to be known as Magnolia Cheese, in the 1986 PBA Open Conference.

[7] Lim was injury-prone for the next two seasons (1987–88), although he helped the San Miguel Beermen earn the 1988 PBA Open Conference title.

Lim's outstanding hang time earned him the monicker "Skywalker" and previous injuries did not stop him from playing with recklessly and coming up with acrobatic shots.

9 and wore knee-high socks, his testament and tribute to his idol Julius "Dr. J" Erving even though he stood only five feet eleven inches tall.

The PBA Greatest Game was held in the Araneta Coliseum as thousands of fans watched their favorite legends and great players of all time play.

Their only child, Jamie Christine Berberabe Lim,[15] is a 2019 SEA Games gold medalist,[16] summa cum laude graduate, and valedictorian, (BS Mathematics) College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman.

On the evening of November 28, 2014, he was rushed to a hospital unconscious after collapsing just minutes after coming out of a PBA Legends exhibition game at the Ynares Center in Pasig.

According to fellow PBA great Nelson Asaytono, Lim was doing some stretching on the sideline shortly after being pulled out of the game by Legends coach Bogs Adornado when he collapsed.