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Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.

Yao Ming

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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
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I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.
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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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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 understand basketball is not my entire life. It's only a part of my life. And there are a lot of other things that interest me a great deal ... other goals to seek, and this is how I have balance in life.
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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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There is a phrase in Chinese, 'Resolve is victory.'
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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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If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well.
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I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
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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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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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Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.
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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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My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.
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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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One is taller. The other is shorter.
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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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Others are improving very fast, and I'm not improving as fast, and that bothers me.
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