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It will take time to adapt, but I think I can handle it.

Yao Ming

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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
Thinking
Adapt
Handle
Basketball
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Time
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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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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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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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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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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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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 can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.
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My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.
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Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.
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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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It's always nice to start the season with a win.
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I think I am upsetting the coach.
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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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There is a phrase in Chinese, 'Resolve is victory.'
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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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One is taller. The other is shorter.
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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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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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A good leader must be fair.
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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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