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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
Take
Time
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