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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.

Yao Ming

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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
Everybody
Widens
Seemingly
Improving
Slowly
Distance
Basketball

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