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It's always nice to start the season with a win.

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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
Season
Seasons
Basketball
Nice
Winning
Start
Always

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My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.
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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 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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It will take time to adapt, but I think I can handle it.
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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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The journalists are poking me all the time. It's impossible for me to stop even I want to.
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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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Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here.
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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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Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.
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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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Friendship first, competition second.
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Endangered species are our friends.
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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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I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.
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Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.
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I feel that the All-Star game is more like a party because its made up of a lot of elements. However the core of All-Star is still the 48 minute-game and all the fans will pay all attention to the showcase of the players excellent skills. The result of the game is not much of a concern.
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