Quote

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.

Yao Ming

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
Like
Jealous
Choice
Choices
Free
Money
Always
Time
Life
Leisure

More quotes by Yao Ming

Image
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.
Yao Ming
Image
Embarrassed journalists ask me embarrassing questions, and they get embarrassing answers, and then hand out embarrassing stories to the embarrassing editors, who put them to the front pages of newspapers. When is this going to end?
Yao Ming
Image
My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.
Yao Ming
Image
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.
Yao Ming
Image
Please don't let the illegal ivory trade orphan even more baby elephants.
Yao Ming
Image
Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.
Yao Ming
Image
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.
Yao Ming
Image
Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.
Yao Ming
Image
The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.
Yao Ming
Image
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.
Yao Ming
Image
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.
Yao Ming
Image
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!
Yao Ming
Image
Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.
Yao Ming
Image
If we buy ivory it makes all of us killers as well.
Yao Ming
Image
Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
Yao Ming
Image
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.
Yao Ming
Image
Friendship first, competition second.
Yao Ming
Image
No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.
Yao Ming
Image
A good leader must be fair.
Yao Ming
Image
I think I am upsetting the coach.
Yao Ming