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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
Taller
Shorter

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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 can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.
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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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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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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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My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.
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It's always nice to start the season with a win.
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Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.
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The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.
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Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.
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Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries.
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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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Others are improving very fast, and I'm not improving as fast, and that bothers me.
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There is a phrase in Chinese, 'Resolve is victory.'
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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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I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.
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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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Hometown is like my quilts. Sometimes when you are in sweet dreams, you don't feel it's comfortable.
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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.
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