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Friendship first, competition second.

Yao Ming

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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
Competition
Basketball
Friendship
Second
Firsts
First

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I am a basketball player, and I would like to focus my energy on basketball. The other things, I would rather not do. It is not something I am greatly interested in, but I know it is my responsibility.
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When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taght not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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I understand basketball is not my entire life. It's only a part of my life. And there are a lot of other things that interest me a great deal ... other goals to seek, and this is how I have balance in life.
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I don't really have anything to say. Basketball is not a game that you can play with your mouth. It needs action to prove yourself.
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No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.
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I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.
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Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.
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Others are improving very fast, and I'm not improving as fast, and that bothers me.
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A good leader must be fair.
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Is there a choice in life? It's always been like this. I am jealous that you have a lot of leisure and free time. You are jealous that I have a lot money.
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Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here.
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I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.
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Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries.
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The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.
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Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.
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All of the Chinese people, the Asian people say, Oh Yao Ming, you are all the Chinese, all of Asia's hopes. That's a lot of pressure. I'm just a basketball player.
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One is taller. The other is shorter.
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There is a phrase in Chinese, 'Resolve is victory.'
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It's always nice to start the season with a win.
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Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.
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