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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 only want to play basketball, and play it well and be happy about it. But I realize that with being famous, comes a lot of demands.
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When the buying stops, the killing can too.
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If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well.
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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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Embarrassed journalists ask me embarrassing questions, and they get embarrassing answers, and then hand out embarrassing stories to the embarrassing editors, who put them to the front pages of newspapers. When is this going to end?
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If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.
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A good leader must be fair.
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Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.
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The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue collar among the All-Stars.
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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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Moving to the US was quite a transition for me, to say the least! There were, and still are so many new things to get used to: the language, food, culture, even the style of basketball is different here!
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The journalists are poking me all the time. It's impossible for me to stop even I want to.
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My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.
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One is taller. The other is shorter.
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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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Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.
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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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To miss one year is a long time. I've never been in this situation before, and I'm getting as much information as I can about my foot, to see what's the best for me and best for the Rockets.
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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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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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