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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.
Yao Ming
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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
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Basketball Player
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Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
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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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The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.
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Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries.
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Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.
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Others are improving very fast, and I'm not improving as fast, and that bothers me.
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Is there a choice in life? It's always been like this. I am jealous that you have a lot of leisure and free time. You are jealous that I have a lot money.
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I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.
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When the buying stops, the killing can too.
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Friendship first, competition second.
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Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.
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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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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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I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.
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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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I think I am upsetting the coach.
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Endangered species are our friends.
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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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Hometown is like my quilts. Sometimes when you are in sweet dreams, you don't feel it's comfortable.
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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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The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue collar among the All-Stars.
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