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A good leader must be fair.

Yao Ming

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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
Fair
Basketball
Leader
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Fairs

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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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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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Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.
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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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No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.
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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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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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Friendship first, competition second.
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Be a journalist. I can't get away from you guys, then I just mingle with you guys.
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I feel that the All-Star game is more like a party because its made up of a lot of elements. However the core of All-Star is still the 48 minute-game and all the fans will pay all attention to the showcase of the players excellent skills. The result of the game is not much of a concern.
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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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