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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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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well.
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I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.
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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 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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Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.
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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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Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.
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Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.
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My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.
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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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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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There is a phrase in Chinese, 'Resolve is victory.'
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I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
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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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No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.
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Friendship first, competition second.
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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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