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The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.
Yao Ming
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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
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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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When the buying stops, the killing can too.
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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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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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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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Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.
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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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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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Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.
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Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries.
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Others are improving very fast, and I'm not improving as fast, and that bothers me.
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