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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.

Yao Ming

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