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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
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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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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 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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First of all, I'm not buff enough. I got pushed away from the basket. And even when I didn't, I couldn't get anyone to throw me a pass.
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Others are improving very fast, and I'm not improving as fast, and that bothers me.
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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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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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The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.
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When the buying stops, the killing can too.
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I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
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Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.
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Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.
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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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To me, first and foremost, basketball is a fun sport. It is a hobby, an interest. And second, it is a profession. I feel that I am very fortunate that I can find a professional job that I really, really love.
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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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I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.
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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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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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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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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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