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I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
Yao Ming
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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
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Billions
Chinese
Basketball
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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 think I am upsetting the coach.
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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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Westerners respect privacy, and they are very competitive in terms of work and personalities. My teammates in China and I can talk about everything. But with my Houston Rockets teammates, even though we're friends, we cannot ask each other about everything.
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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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Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.
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