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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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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'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
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Be a journalist. I can't get away from you guys, then I just mingle with you guys.
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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 finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.
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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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