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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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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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Westerners respect privacy, and they are very competitive in terms of work and personalities. My teammates in China and I can talk about everything. But with my Houston Rockets teammates, even though we're friends, we cannot ask each other about everything.
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I think I'll stick to what I'm used to, my principles, and that is team Number 1 and individual Number 2.
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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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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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It will take time to adapt, but I think I can handle it.
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Others are improving very fast, and I'm not improving as fast, and that bothers me.
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I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
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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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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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Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.
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