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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
Fairs
Fair
Basketball
Leader
Must
Good

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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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Others are improving very fast, and I'm not improving as fast, and that bothers me.
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