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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
Endangered
Basketball
Species
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No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.
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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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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 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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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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Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.
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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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To miss one year is a long time. I've never been in this situation before, and I'm getting as much information as I can about my foot, to see what's the best for me and best for the Rockets.
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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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Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.
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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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I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
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It's always nice to start the season with a win.
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When the buying stops, the killing can too.
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If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well.
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My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.
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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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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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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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Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.
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