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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
Billion
Billions
Chinese
Basketball

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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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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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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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Friendship first, competition second.
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A good leader must be fair.
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First of all, I'm not buff enough. I got pushed away from the basket. And even when I didn't, I couldn't get anyone to throw me a pass.
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It will take time to adapt, but I think I can handle it.
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When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taght not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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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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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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Endangered species are our friends.
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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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If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.
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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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Others are improving very fast, and I'm not improving as fast, and that bothers me.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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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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Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries.
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It's always nice to start the season with a win.
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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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