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I think I am upsetting the coach.

Yao Ming

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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
Upset
Basketball
Think
Thinking
Upsetting
Coach
Coaches

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