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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.
Yao Ming
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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
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Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
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I think I am upsetting the coach.
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The journalists are poking me all the time. It's impossible for me to stop even I want to.
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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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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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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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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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